{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-gloucestershire-electoral-changes-order-2004/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2814",
  "legislation_title": "The County of Gloucestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-gloucestershire-electoral-changes-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order –\n“county” means the county of Gloucestershire;\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; and\nany reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Gloucestershire (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 Gloucestershire County Council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the Borough of Cheltenham (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3882), the District of Cotswold (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3885), the District of Forest of Dean (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3880) as amended by the District of Forest of Dean (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1035), the City of Gloucester (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3884), the District of Stroud (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3883), and the Borough of Tewkesbury (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3881)."
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2814/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:16:17.468143+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."
}