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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-local-authorities-act-1996/section-19",
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  "legislation": "ukla/1996/9",
  "legislation_title": "London Local Authorities Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-local-authorities-act-1996",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Restriction on right to prosecute",
  "text": "The written consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions is needed for the laying of an information of an offence created by this Part of this Act by any person other than an authorised officer or a constable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1996/9/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:45:49.677037+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."
}