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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borough-of-eastbourne-whole-council-elections-order-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1753",
  "legislation_title": "The Borough of Eastbourne (Whole Council Elections) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borough-of-eastbourne-whole-council-elections-order-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND\nMade 3rd July 2006\nComing into force 2nd August 2006\nBy a resolution of 22nd February 2006 the Council of the Borough of Eastbourne have, under section 7(4)(a) of the Local Government Act 1972 (“the Act”), requested the Secretary of State to provide for a system of whole council elections.\nAccordingly, the Secretary of State makes the following order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(6) of the Act and section 17(4) of the Local Government Act 1992—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The non-metropolitan district of Eastbourne has the status of a borough."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 19. Section 7(6) of the Act was amended by paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the Local Government Act 1992."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1753/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:26:26.807412+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."
}