{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-transitional-provisions-order-1985/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1985/1781",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Reorganisation (Transitional Provisions) Order 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-transitional-provisions-order-1985",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This order may be cited as the Local Government Reorganisation (Transitional Provisions) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 17th December 1985.\n(2) In this order—\n“the Act” means the Local Government Act 1985, and\n“successor authority” means the council of a London borough or metropolitan district, the Common Council, a joint authority, an authority established under section 10 (waste disposal functions) of the Act, or the Thames Water Authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/1781/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:59:39.417148+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."
}