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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemptions-no-3-order-1998/article-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2477",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemptions) (No. 3) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemptions-no-3-order-1998",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Exemption of information technology services",
  "text": "The provision of information technology services by the council of the county of Dorset shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as it is carried out in respect of a finance-related system known as POLAR for and on behalf of North Dorset District Council during the period beginning with 3rd November 1998 and ending on 31st March 1999.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 2(2)(m) of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Act 1988, which were inserted by S.I. 1995/1915."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2477/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:17:42.652709+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."
}