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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electoral-registration-and-administration-act-2013-transitional-provisions-order-2013/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111101902",
  "legislation_title": "The Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electoral-registration-and-administration-act-2013-transitional-provisions-order-2013",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983;\n“the 2013 Act” means the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013;\n“the two 2001 Regulations” means the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 and the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001;\n“Lord President” means the Lord President of the Council;\n“registration officer” means a registration officer in Great Britain, unless otherwise stated.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/341; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/1871, 2006/2910 and 2013/"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/497; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/1872, 2007/925 and 2013/"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111101902/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:15:12.401431+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."
}