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  "legislation_title": "Transport Act 1968",
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  "number": "5",
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  "text": "In appointing the chairman and other members of any of the new authorities the Minister or, as the case may be, the Secretary of State shall have regard to the desirability of having members who are familiar with the special requirements and circumstance of particular regions and areas served by the authority in question. . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
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      "text": "Words repealed by Transport Act 1980 (c. 34, SIF 126), Sch. 9 Pt. III"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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