{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residuary-body-for-wales-appointed-day-order-1995/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residuary-body-for-wales-appointed-day-order-1995/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/103",
  "legislation_title": "The Residuary Body for Wales (Appointed Day) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residuary-body-for-wales-appointed-day-order-1995",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 creates unitary authorities in Wales which will carry out the functions of existing district and county councils as from 1st April 1996.\nSection 39 of the Act provides for the establishment of a body corporate to be known as the Residuary Body for Wales or Corff Gweddilliol Cymru. This Order appoints 1st February 1995 as the day on which the body is to be established.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/103/note",
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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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