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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/9-10/68",
  "legislation_title": "New Towns Act 1946",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-towns-act-1946",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to provide for the creation of new towns by means of development corporations, and for purposes connected therewith.\n[1st August 1946]\nBe it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—",
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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."
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