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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/localism-act-2011-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-savings-and-transitory-provisions-order-2012/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1008",
  "legislation_title": "The Localism Act 2011 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional, Savings and Transitory Provisions) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/localism-act-2011-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-savings-and-transitory-provisions-order-2012",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Localism Act 2011 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional, Savings and Transitory Provisions) Order 2012.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Localism Act 2011;\n“the 1999 Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999;\n“the 2000 Act” means the Local Government Act 2000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1999 c. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 c. 22."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1008/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:34:41.617751+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."
}