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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-miscellaneous-provision-order-1986/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Reorganisation (Miscellaneous Provision) Order 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-miscellaneous-provision-order-1986",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "This order may be cited as the Local Government Reorganisation (Miscellaneous Provision) Order 1986 and shall come into operation for the purposes of articles 2(4)(a), 2(9)(a) and (b) and 2(12) on 31st January 1986 and for all other purposes on 1st April 1986.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:56:42.563547+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."
}