{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surrey-structural-changes-order-2026/article-25",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/264",
  "legislation_title": "The Surrey (Structural Changes) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surrey-structural-changes-order-2026",
  "path": "article/25",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Other functions of the East Surrey shadow authority",
  "text": "The East Surrey shadow authority must take all such practicable steps as are necessary or expedient—\n(a) to commence and sustain their running as a shadow authority;\n(b) to prepare the authority for the assumption, as East Surrey Council, of local government functions and full local authority powers on 1st April 2027;\n(c) to prepare any budgets or plans required by East Surrey Council when those functions are assumed;\n(d) to liaise with the county council and the West Surrey shadow authority for the purpose of ensuring continuity of the delivery of public services on and after 1st April 2027; and\n(e) to liaise with the East Surrey councils for the purpose of ensuring continuity of the delivery of public services on and after 1st April 2027.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/264/article/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:04:33.038771+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."
}