{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-authorities-transfer-of-housing-estates-etc-order-1971/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1971/231",
  "legislation_title": "The London Authorities (Transfer of Housing Estates etc.) Order 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-authorities-transfer-of-housing-estates-etc-order-1971",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LONDON GOVERNMENT\nMade 11th February 1971\nLaid before Parliament 19th February 1971\nComing into Operation 22nd February 1971\nWhereas the Greater London Council and the councils of certain London boroughs have requested the Secretary of State for the Environment to provide by an order under section 23(3) of the London Government Act 1963 for the transfer of certain housing accommodation for the time being vested in the Greater London Council;\nAnd whereas the said councils have agreed the terms of such transfer;\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State is required by the said section 23(3) to give effect to those terms;\nAnd whereas certain further matters appear to the Secretary of State necessary and proper for the purposes of or in consequence of that transfer:\nNow therefore the Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of his powers under sections 23(3), 84 and 85 of the London Government Act 1963 and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1971/231/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."
}