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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standards-committee-further-provisions-england-regulations-2009/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1255",
  "legislation_title": "The Standards Committee (Further Provisions) (England) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standards-committee-further-provisions-england-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“dispensation” means such a dispensation as is mentioned in section 81(4) of the Act (disclosure and registration of members interests etc);\n“mandatory provisions” means the mandatory provisions of a model code of conduct which for the time being applies to an authority;\n“meeting” includes any meeting of an authority, of the executive of the authority, of any committee or sub-committee of the authority or its executive, of any joint committee or sub-committee of a joint committee, or of any area committee;\n“member” means a member or co-opted member of an authority or a councillor appointed under section 16A of the Local Government Act 1972 (appointed councillors).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70. Section 16A was inserted by section 76(4) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1255/regulation/16",
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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."
}