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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/district-of-north-kesteven-parishes-and-electoral-changes-order-1998/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2338",
  "legislation_title": "The District of North Kesteven (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/district-of-north-kesteven-parishes-and-electoral-changes-order-1998",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England and the North Kesteven District Council for boundary and electoral changes in the district of North Kesteven.\nArticle 2 makes changes to the boundaries of the parish of North Hykeham.\nArticle 3 abolishes all of the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of 30 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.\nArticles 4 to 6 make electoral changes in the parishes of North Hykeham, Heckington and Sleaford.\nThe areas of the new district and parish wards are demarcated on the map described in article 1(3). Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of North Kesteven District Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions which are located at 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2338/note",
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  "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."
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