{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-kent-electoral-changes-order-2004/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-kent-electoral-changes-order-2004/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2815",
  "legislation_title": "The County of Kent (Electoral Changes) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-kent-electoral-changes-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order –\n“county” means the county of Kent;\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 Kent (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 Kent County Council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the Borough of Ashford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3563), the City of Canterbury (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3564), the Borough of Dartford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3560), the District of Dover (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3588), the Borough of Gravesham (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3587), the Borough of Maidstone (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3586), the District of Sevenoaks (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3557), the District of Shepway (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3558), the Borough of Swale (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3555), the District of Thanet (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3556), the Tonbridge and Malling (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3615) and the Borough of Tunbridge Wells (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3559)."
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2815/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:16:16.625601+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."
}