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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-commencement-no-1-order-1988/introduction",
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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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 1st June 1988\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 32(2) and (4) of the Local Government Act 1988 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 9."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/979/introduction",
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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."
}