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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-alternative-community-names-prescribed-steps-regulations-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-alternative-community-names-prescribed-steps-regulations-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/179",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Wales) (Alternative Community Names) (Prescribed Steps) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-alternative-community-names-prescribed-steps-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES\nWALES\nMade 29th January 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 27(4) and 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70; section 27 of the Local Government Act 1972 is substituted by section 8 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19). Section 8 is commenced on 1st April 1996 by SI 1995/3198 (article 3 and Schedule 1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/179/introduction",
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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."
}