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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-combined-authorities-mayors-filling-of-vacancies-order-2017/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2017/9780111151808",
  "legislation_title": "The Combined Authorities (Mayors) (Filling of Vacancies) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-combined-authorities-mayors-filling-of-vacancies-order-2017",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 2009 Act” means the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;\n“combined authority” means a combined authority established under section 103(1) of the 2009 Act;\n“combined authority returning officer” has the same meaning as in article 2 of the Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017;\n“election petition” means a petition presented in pursuance of Part 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1983;\n“local government elector” means a person registered as a local government elector in the register of electors in accordance with section 2 of the Representation of the People Act 1983; and\n“proper officer” has the meaning given by section 270(3) of the Local Government Act 1972.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 103 was amended by sections 12 and 14 of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2017/ XXXX."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1983 c. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 2 was amended by section 1 of the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    }
  ],
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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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