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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-wales-transitional-provisions-no-3-order-1995/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1161",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Transitional Provisions No. 3) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-wales-transitional-provisions-no-3-order-1995",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 1994 Act” means the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994;\n“new authority” means a county or county borough council established under the 1994 Act;\n“old authority” means a county or district council which will cease to exist as a result of the 1994 Act;\n“operative date” has the meaning given in section 51(2) of the 1994 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "In accordance with section 51(2) of the 1994 Act the operative date is 4th May 1995. This is the date fixed by order under paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) (as substituted by section 3 of, and Schedule 3 to, the 1994 Act); S.I. 1994/2843."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1161/article/2",
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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."
}