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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-dorset-electoral-changes-order-2004/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/3250",
  "legislation_title": "The County of Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-dorset-electoral-changes-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order –\n“county” means the county of Dorset;\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 and borough wards in the county;\nany reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Dorset (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 Dorset County Council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the Borough of Christchurch (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2241), the District of East Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2238), the District of North Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2239), the District of Purbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2159), the District of West Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2370), and the Borough of Weymouth and Portland (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2368), as amended by the Borough of Weymouth and Portland (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1090)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3250/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:13:43.989906+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."
}