{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/denbighshire-and-wrexham-areas-order-1996/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2914",
  "legislation_title": "The Denbighshire and Wrexham (Areas) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/denbighshire-and-wrexham-areas-order-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“altered”, in relation to an electoral division, means that division as it exists on and after 1st April 1997;\n“existing”, in relation to a local government or electoral area, means that area as it exists immediately before 1st April 1997;\n“the map” means the map prepared by the Welsh Office and marked “Map of the Denbighshire and Wrexham (Areas) Order 1996”;\n“new”, in relation to a local government or electoral area, means that area as established by this Order;\n“the Regulations” means the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1976/246, amended by S.I. 1978/247."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2914/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:31:54.793082+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."
}