{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-shropshire-electoral-changes-order-2004/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2817",
  "legislation_title": "The County of Shropshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-shropshire-electoral-changes-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order –\n“county” means the county of Shropshire;\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 Shropshire (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 Shropshire County Council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the District of Bridgnorth (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1417), the District of North Shropshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1419), the Borough of Oswestry (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1418), the Borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1725), and the District of South Shropshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1420) as amended by the District of South Shropshire (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/3364)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2817/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:16:15.195215+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."
}