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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/schedule-17/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/70",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972",
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  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A National Park Officer appointed by a National Park Committee shall be an officer of the council of the planning area by whom the Committee was established or, if it was established by two or more such councils, such one of them as they may agree or as, in default of agreement, may be determined by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 5(7)"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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