{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-no-2-order-2012/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1555",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Justice Areas (No. 2) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-no-2-order-2012",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "New Areas",
  "text": "(1) The existing areas of—\n(a) Bath and Wansdyke,\n(b) North Somerset,\n(c) South Somerset and Mendip, and\n(d) Taunton Deane, West Somerset and Sedgemoor,\nare combined to become a new area named Somerset.\n(2) The existing areas of—\n(a) Bedford and Mid Bedfordshire, and\n(b) Luton and South Bedfordshire,\nare combined to become a new area named Bedfordshire.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1555/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:28:47.047902+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."
}