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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sustainable-communities-act-2007/section-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/23",
  "legislation_title": "Sustainable Communities Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sustainable-communities-act-2007",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“local authority” means a county council in England, a district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;\n...",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 8 repealed (1.7.2012) by Public Bodies Act 2011 (c. 24), s. 38(3), Sch. 6; S.I. 2012/1662, art. 2(2)(b)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/23/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:34.951971+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."
}