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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/city-of-birmingham-scheme-of-elections-order-2015/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/43",
  "legislation_title": "The City of Birmingham (Scheme of Elections) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/city-of-birmingham-scheme-of-elections-order-2015",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the City of Birmingham (Scheme of Elections) Order 2015 and shall come into force on 16th February 2015.\n(2) In this Order—\n“city” means the City of Birmingham;\n“the ordinary day of election of councillors” has the same meaning as in section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 1 in force at 16.2.2015, see art. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The metropolitan borough of Birmingham has the status of a city."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1983 c. 2. Relevant amendments were made by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), section 17 and Schedule 3 and by the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), section 245(2)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/43/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:50:00.970132+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."
}