{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-north-yorkshire-electoral-changes-order-2005/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/172",
  "legislation_title": "The County of North Yorkshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-north-yorkshire-electoral-changes-order-2005",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order –\n“county” means the county of North Yorkshire;\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 North Yorkshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005”, of which prints are available for inspection at –\n(a) the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and\n(b) the offices of North Yorkshire County Council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the District of Craven (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2599), the District of Hambleton (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2600), the Borough of Harrogate (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2601), the District of Richmondshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2602), the District of Ryedale (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2603), the Borough of Scarborough (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2604) and the District of Selby (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2605)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/172/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:11:08.365403+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."
}