{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-oxfordshire-electoral-changes-order-2004/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/3251",
  "legislation_title": "The County of Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-oxfordshire-electoral-changes-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order –\n“county” means the county of Oxfordshire;\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 city wards in the county;any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Oxfordshire (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 Oxfordshire County Council; and\nany reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the District of Cherwell (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/4065), the City of Oxford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/4063), the District of South Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2002/49), the District of Vale of White Horse (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/4064), and the District of West Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2002/48)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3251/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:13:43.422606+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."
}