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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-elections-ordinary-day-of-elections-in-2009-order-2008/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110843513",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Ordinary Day of Elections in 2009) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-elections-ordinary-day-of-elections-in-2009-order-2008",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Elections (Ordinary Day of Elections in 2009) Order 2008, and comes into force on the day after that on which it is made.\n(2) In this Order, “the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c.70."
    }
  ],
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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."
}