{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/boroughs-of-halton-thurrock-and-warrington-changes-to-years-of-elections-order-2002/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/boroughs-of-halton-thurrock-and-warrington-changes-to-years-of-elections-order-2002/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1670",
  "legislation_title": "The Boroughs of Halton, Thurrock and Warrington (Changes to Years of Elections) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/boroughs-of-halton-thurrock-and-warrington-changes-to-years-of-elections-order-2002",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Changes to years of elections",
  "text": "(1) The ordinary elections of councillors of a relevant borough that would, but for this Order, have taken place on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2003 shall instead take place on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2004.\n(2) The ordinary elections of councillors of a relevant borough that would, but for this Order, have taken place on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2004 shall instead take place on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2005.\n(3) The ordinary elections of parish councillors of a relevant parish that would, but for this Order, have taken place on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2003 and every fourth year after 2003 shall instead take place on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2004 and every fourth year after 2004.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "For the ordinary day of election of councillors of local government areas, see section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2), amended by section 18(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50) and paragraphs 1 and 5 of Schedule 3 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1670/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:54:01.943871+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."
}