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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-commencement-no-1-order-1988/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/979",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Act 1988 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-commencement-no-1-order-1988",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "—\n(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government Act 1988 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1988.\n(2) This Order applies to England and Wales.\n(3) In this Order —\n“the Act” means the Local Government Act 1988;\n“the 1980 Act” means the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 65."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/979/article/1",
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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."
}