{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-lewes-electoral-changes-order-2016/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111150764",
  "legislation_title": "The Lewes (Electoral Changes) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-lewes-electoral-changes-order-2016",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Lewes (Electoral Changes) Order 2016.\n(2) This article comes into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made.\n(3) The remainder of this Order comes into force—\n(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary, or relating, to the election of councillors, on 15th October 2018;\n(b) for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in England and Wales in 2019.\n(4) In this article “the ordinary day of election of councillors in England and Wales” has the meaning given by section 37(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983.\n(5) In this Order “the map” means the map marked “Map referred to in the Rother (Electoral Changes) Order 2016”, held by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.\n(6) Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it is to be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2; section 37(1) was amended by section 18(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Prints of the map are available for inspection at reasonable times at the principal office of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, 14th floor, Millbank Tower, London SW1P 4QP. It is also accessible online at https://www.lgbce.org.uk/current-reviews/south-east/east-sussex/lewes."
    }
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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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