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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-parliamentary-elections-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1999/0110822897",
  "legislation_title": "European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-parliamentary-elections-regulations-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978 and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972 for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nREPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE\nMade 1999\nComing into force 1999\nWhereas a draft of these Regulations has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978 and, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the right of citizens of the Union to vote at and stand as a candidate at European Parliamentary elections, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 2(2) hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 10; the citation of this Act was amended by section 3(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58) and the powers in paragraph 2 have been amended by paragraphs 5 to 7 of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 (c. 1) and extended by paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 1 to the 1978 Act, as substituted by paragraphs 8 and 9 of Schedule 2 to the 1999 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/2661)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
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  "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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