{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/schedule-1/part-V/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/70",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/V/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The English Commission shall consult the councils of existing counties, boroughs and urban districts and the committees established under section 264(1)(b) above with a view to making proposals to the Secretary of State for the constitution of parishes each of which has a boundary coterminous with that of—\n(a) an existing urban district or borough, the area of which is not divided by or under section 1 above between two or more districts, or\n(b) so much of an existing urban district or borough, the area of which is so divided, as is wholly comprised in a single district,\nand for naming those parishes.\n(2) The Secretary of State may give the Commission directions for their guidance in making any such proposals.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/1/part/V/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:26.887741+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}