{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/comhairle-nan-eilean-siar-electoral-arrangements-order-1998/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/comhairle-nan-eilean-siar-electoral-arrangements-order-1998/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3250",
  "legislation_title": "The Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/comhairle-nan-eilean-siar-electoral-arrangements-order-1998",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and application",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.\n(2) This Order shall apply only for the purposes of elections to be held after 30th April 1999.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3250/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:11:56.814917+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."
}