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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/city-of-plymouth-scheme-for-elections-order-2002/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2954",
  "legislation_title": "The City of Plymouth (Scheme for Elections) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/city-of-plymouth-scheme-for-elections-order-2002",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the City of Plymouth (Scheme for Elections) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 31st December 2002.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Local Government Act 2000;\n“the city” means the city of Plymouth; and\n“the council” means the council of the city of Plymouth.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2954/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:39:06.300699+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."
}