{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-west-sussex-electoral-changes-order-2009/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-west-sussex-electoral-changes-order-2009/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/530",
  "legislation_title": "The County of West Sussex (Electoral Changes) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-west-sussex-electoral-changes-order-2009",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Electoral divisions of the county of West Sussex",
  "text": "(1) The electoral divisions of the county of West Sussex are abolished.\n(2) The county is divided into seventy-one electoral divisions each bearing a name listed in the Schedule.\n(3) Each electoral division comprises the area designated on sheet 1 of the map by reference to the name of the electoral division and demarcated by red lines.\n(4) One councillor is to be elected for each electoral division.\n(5) Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The electoral divisions that are abolished were established by the County of West Sussex (Electoral Changes) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/175)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/530/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:16:07.658946+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."
}