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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ashford-electoral-changes-order-2017-uksi-2017-117/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/117",
  "legislation_title": "The Ashford (Electoral Changes) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ashford-electoral-changes-order-2017-uksi-2017-117",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Alterations of electoral division boundaries",
  "text": "(1) The areas that cease to be part of the parishes listed in the first column of table 1 in the Schedule and become part of the parishes listed in the second column of that table in consequence of the Ashford (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2016, cease to be part of the electoral divisions listed in the third column of that table and become part of the electoral divisions listed in the fourth column of that table.\n(2) The unparished areas in the first column of table 2 in the Schedule that become part of the parishes listed in the second column of that table in consequence of the Ashford (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2016, cease to be part of the electoral divisions listed in the third column of that table and become part of the electoral divisions listed in the fourth column of that table.\n(3) The area that ceases to be part of the parish of Kingsnorth and becomes an unparished area in consequence of the Ashford (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2016, ceases to be part of the electoral division of Ashford Rural South and becomes part of the electoral division of Ashford Rural East.\n(4) In this article—\n“electoral divisions” means the electoral divisions as named in Schedule 1 to the Kent (Electoral Changes) Order 2016.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Ashford (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2016 was made by Ashford Borough Council under section 86 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28). Orders of this kind are not required to be made by statutory instrument."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2016/658."
    }
  ],
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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."
}