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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-government-order-1970/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-government-order-1970/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1970/211",
  "legislation_title": "The London Government Order 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-government-order-1970",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Common Council—Legal proceedings in relation to certain functions",
  "text": "In relation to—\n(a) any functions of the Greater London Council delegated to the Common Council under section 5(1) of the Act;\n(b) any administrative, clerical, professional, scientific or technical services undertaken by the Common Council for the Greater London Council under section 5(3)(a) of the Act,\nbut subject in the case of item (a) to any restrictions or conditions imposed by the Greater London Council under the said section 5(1), sections 276 (Power of local authority to prosecute or defend legal proceedings) and 277 (Appearance of local authority in legal proceedings) of the Local Government Act 1933 shall apply to the Common Council as if it were a local authority within the meaning of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/211/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:02:54.957052+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."
}