{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-rating-act-1997-commencement-no-2-order-1997/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2752",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-rating-act-1997-commencement-no-2-order-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of rural settlement provisions in England and Wales",
  "text": "(1) Section 1 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (which introduces Schedule 1) shall come into force on the day following the making of this Order.\n(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) above, no rural settlement list shall have effect for a financial year before that beginning on 1st April 1998.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2752/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:42:40.457955+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."
}