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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-gloucestershire-electoral-changes-order-2025/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2025/9780348265668",
  "legislation_title": "The Gloucestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-gloucestershire-electoral-changes-order-2025",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This draft Statutory Instrument supersedes the draft of the Gloucestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2024 which was laid before Parliament on 25th July 2024 and published on 26th July 2024 (ISBN 9780348262582). It is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that draft Statutory Instrument.\nDraft Order laid before Parliament under section 59(9) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009; draft to lie for forty days pursuant to section 6(1) of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946, during which period either House of Parliament may resolve that the Order be not made.\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND\nMade\nComing into force in accordance with article 1(2), (3), (4) and (5)\nUnder section 58(4) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (“the Act”) the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (“the Commission”) published a report dated March 2024 stating its recommendations for changes to the electoral arrangements for Gloucestershire. The Commission has decided to give effect to the recommendations.\nA draft of the instrument has been laid before Parliament and a period of forty days has expired since the day on which it was laid and neither House has resolved that the instrument be not made.\nThe Commission makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 59(1) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2009 c. 20."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Local Government Boundary Commission for England was established on 1st April 2010 by section 55(1) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The report is available for inspection at reasonable times at the principal office of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, 7th Floor, 3 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8YZ. It is also accessible online at http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/gloucestershire/."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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