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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962-amendment-order-2009/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111482155",
  "legislation_title": "The Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (Amendment) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962-amendment-order-2009",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nUnder the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 a draft polling station scheme must be prepared by the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland at four-yearly intervals commencing 1973. This Order provides that the next draft polling station scheme is to be prepared in 2010 rather than 2009 and amends section 65 so that the four-year cycle commences again in 2010.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111482155/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:56:54.651549+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."
}