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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-transparency-descriptions-of-information-england-order-2014/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-transparency-descriptions-of-information-england-order-2014/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2060",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Transparency) (Descriptions of Information) (England) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-transparency-descriptions-of-information-england-order-2014",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nUnder section 2 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (“the 1980 Act”), the Secretary of State may issue a code of recommended practice on the publication of information by local authorities. Under section 3 of the 1980 Act, the Secretary of State may by regulations require authorities to publish the information specified in such a code, in the manner and form and on the occasions specified in that code. However, the Secretary of State may only require authorities to publish information on occasions recurring more than once a year if the information falls within a description of information to which section 3(4) of the 1980 Act applies. Section 3(4) applies to the descriptions of information listed in section 3(5) of the 1980 Act and also to any further categories to which the Secretary of State has directed by order it should apply.\nThis Order adds to the descriptions of information about which the Secretary of State may require authorities in England to which section 2 of that Act applies to publish information on occasions recurring more than once a year.\nNo impact assessment has been produced for this instrument as the Order itself has no impact on the private, voluntary or public sector. The Department has published an impact assessment in relation to the effects of the Local Government Transparency Code 2014. Both the Code and the impact assessment are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-transparency-code-2014.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2060/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:07:21.805297+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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