{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/district-of-mendip-electoral-changes-order-1998/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/district-of-mendip-electoral-changes-order-1998/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2464",
  "legislation_title": "The District of Mendip (Electoral Changes) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/district-of-mendip-electoral-changes-order-1998",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Shepton Mallet parish",
  "text": "(1) The parish of Shepton Mallet shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Shepton East and Shepton West and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the ward of the district bearing the same name.\n(2) The number of parish councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be eight.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2464/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:17:44.279209+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."
}