{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-devon-electoral-changes-order-2004/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-devon-electoral-changes-order-2004/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2812",
  "legislation_title": "The County of Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-devon-electoral-changes-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order –\n“county” means the county of Devon;\n“existing”, in relation to an electoral division or ward, means the electoral division or ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;\nreferences to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to district, borough and city wards in the county;\nany reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 2004”, of which prints are available for inspection at –\n(a) the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and\n(b) the offices of Devon County Council; and\nany reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the District of East Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2467), the City of Exeter (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2468), the District of Mid Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2470), the District of North Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2469), the District of South Hams (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2487), the District of Teignbridge (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2471), the District of Torridge (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2472), and the Borough of West Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2473) as amended by the Borough of West Devon (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2678)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2812/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:16:18.794636+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."
}