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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-commencement-no-1-order-1988/article-5",
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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/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions",
  "text": "Any directions given by the Secretary of State under section 17(4) of the 1980 Act before 24th June 1988 shall continue in force, and where any such direction has been given, subsections (5) and (6) and (8) to (11) of section 17 shall continue to have effect.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/979/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:05:44.983714+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."
}