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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-act-1994/schedule-15/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/19",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Wales) Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-act-1994",
  "path": "schedule/15/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In section 54(1) (proposals for changes in local government areas in Wales), for “district” substitute “ principal ” and for paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute—\n“(b) the constitution of a new local government area by—\n(i) amalgamating two or more principal areas or two or more communities;\n(ii) aggregating parts of principal areas or parts of communities; or\n(iii) separating part of a principal area or part of a community;\n(c) the abolition of a principal area and its distribution among other principal areas;\n(cc) the abolition of a community and its distribution among other areas of the like description;”.\n(2) Before section 54(2) insert—\n“(1B) Where the Welsh Commission make proposals for the constitution of a new principal area, those proposals shall specify whether the new area should be a county or a county borough.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 15 para. 7 in force at 24.10.1994, see s. 66 and S.I. 1994/2790, art. 2(1), Sch. (subject to art. 2(2)(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": null,
      "affecting": "ukpga/2000/22",
      "affecting_title": "Local Government Act 2000"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/19/schedule/15/paragraph/7",
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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."
}