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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-lord-lieutenants-and-sheriffs-order-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1992",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Changes for England (Lord-Lieutenants and Sheriffs) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-lord-lieutenants-and-sheriffs-order-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order makes incidental, consequential, transitional or supplementary provision in relation to orders already made under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 which effect structural and boundary changes in relation to local government areas in England.\nArticle 2 amends Schedule 1 to the Lieutenancies Act 1997 and article 3 amends Schedule 2A to the Sheriffs Act 1887. In each case, the Schedule identifies the areas which constitute counties in England for the purposes of the Act concerned.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1992/note",
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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."
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