{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-cumbria-electoral-changes-order-2000/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2485",
  "legislation_title": "The County of Cumbria (Electoral Changes) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-cumbria-electoral-changes-order-2000",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order gives effect, without modification, to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the county of Cumbria. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on or after 3rd May 2001.\nArticle 2 abolishes the existing divisions of the county and provides for the creation of 84 new divisions. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of the new divisions. One councillor is to be elected for each division.\nArticle 3 revokes the County of Cumbria (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981.\nThe areas of the new divisions are demarcated on the map described in article 1(3). Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Cumbria County Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2485/note",
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  "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."
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