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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/schedule-12A/paragraph-10",
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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/12A/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Information which—\n(a) falls within any of paragraphs 1 to 7 above; and\n(b) is not prevented from being exempt by virtue of paragraph 8 or 9 above,\nis exempt information if and so long, as in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.",
  "extent": "E+W",
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  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 12A substituted (1.3.2006) by The Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/88), art. 4, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 12A paras. 1-11 applied (E.) (13.6.2007) by The Luton and South Bedfordshire Joint Committee Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1412), art. 9, Sch. para. 7(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 12A paras. 1-11 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2009) by The Cambridge City Fringes Joint Committee Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1254), art. 9, Sch. para. 7(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Sch. 12A paras. 1-11 applied (with modifications) (12.10.2009) by The Central Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2467), art. 9, Sch. para. 7(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Sch. 12A paras. 1-11 applied (with modifications) (5.7.2011) by The South East Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1455), art. 1, Sch. para. 7(1)(c)"
    }
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      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
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  "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."
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