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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-elections-ordinary-day-of-elections-in-2009-order-2008/article-4",
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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/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Retirement date of councillors retiring or coming into office in 2009",
  "text": "(1) The retirement date of a councillor or elected mayor who would regularly retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election in 2009 shall be determined in accordance with article 2, even if, as a result of the change in the ordinary day of election, his or her term of office will be longer than the period specified in any enactment.\n(2) The retirement date of a councillor or elected mayor who comes into office on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election in 2009 shall be unaffected by article 2, even if, as a result of the change in the ordinary day of election, his or her term of office will be shorter than the term specified in any enactment.\n(3) In this regulation, “elected mayor” means an individual elected as mayor of an authority in accordance with Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110843513/article/4",
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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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