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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-parliamentary-constituencies-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110813172",
  "legislation_title": "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-parliamentary-constituencies-northern-ireland-order-2008",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Parliamentary Constituencies in Northern Ireland",
  "text": "(1) For all the constituencies in Northern Ireland there shall be substituted the constituencies which—\n(a) are named in the left-hand column of the Schedule to this Order;\n(b) are designated in that column as either county constituencies or borough constituencies; and\n(c) comprise the areas set out in the right-hand column of that Schedule.\n(2) The areas set out in the right-hand column of the Schedule to this Order are local government areas as they existed on 14th September 2007.\n(3) The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland shall make such re-arrangement or adaptation of the register of parliamentary electors as may be necessary to give effect to this Order.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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."
}