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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-prescribed-expenditure-consolidation-and-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-prescribed-expenditure-consolidation-and-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2186",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Prescribed Expenditure) (Consolidation and Amendment) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-prescribed-expenditure-consolidation-and-amendment-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 17th December 1987\nLaid before Parliament 23rd December 1987\nComing into force 13th January 1988\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Transport, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 72(3), 75(5), 80A(7) and 84 of, and paragraphs 2 and 4 of Schedule 12 to, the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The functions of the Minister of Transport under section 84(5) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65) were transferred to the Secretary of State for Transport by article 2(1)(b) of the Transfer of Functions (Transport) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/238)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1980 c. 65; section 80A was inserted by, and section 84 amended by section 1 of the Local Government Act 1987 (c. 44)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2186/introduction",
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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."
}