{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-essex-electoral-changes-order-2004/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-essex-electoral-changes-order-2004/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2813",
  "legislation_title": "The County of Essex (Electoral Changes) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-essex-electoral-changes-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order –\n“county” means the county of Essex;\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; and\nany reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Essex (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 Essex County Council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the District of Basildon (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2443), the District of Braintree (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2442), the Borough of Brentwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2441), the Borough of Castle Point (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2440), the Borough of Chelmsford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2439), the Borough of Colchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2438), the District of Epping Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2444) as amended by the District of Epping Forest (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2982), the District of Harlow (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2437), the District of Maldon (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2436), the District of Rochford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2624), the District of Tendring (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2435) and the District of Uttlesford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2434)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2813/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:16:18.135840+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."
}