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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-children-order-1974/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-children-order-1974/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1974/39",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Children) Order 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-children-order-1974",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order makes transitional arrangements transferring cases dealt with by the social services department of local authorities to the successor authorities provided by the Local Government Act 1972 consequent upon the establishment by that Act of non-metropolitan counties and metropolitan districts in England and counties in Wales as the local authorities for purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c.42).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/39/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:54:50.527725+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."
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