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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-miscellaneous-provision-regulations-1996/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/330",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Changes for England (Miscellaneous Provision) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-miscellaneous-provision-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Freemen",
  "text": "(1) Nothing in the order shall affect any person’s status, or the right of any person to be admitted, as a freeman of any place.\n(2) Section 248 of the 1972 Act (freemen and inhabitants of pre-1974 boroughs) shall have effect in relation to a city or town the whole or part of which is situated in a county in which there area no district councils as if—\n(a) the references in subsections (2) and (3) to the relevant district council were references to the relevant county council; and\n(b) the reference in subsection (2) to the council of the district were a reference to the council of the county.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/330/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:52:25.740333+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."
}