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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-transport-local-government-and-the-regions-order-2002/article-19",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2626",
  "legislation_title": "The Transfer of Functions (Transport, Local Government and the Regions) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-transport-local-government-and-the-regions-order-2002",
  "path": "article/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Documentary Evidence Act 1868",
  "text": "The Documentary Evidence Act 1868 shall apply in relation to the First Secretary of State and the Secretary of State for Transport—\n(a) as if references to orders and regulations included references to any document, and\n(b) as if the officers mentioned in column 2 of the Schedule included any officer authorised to act on behalf of the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1868 c. 37."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2626/article/19",
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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."
}