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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-electoral-registers-publication-date-regulations-2020/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2020/9780111196854",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Electoral Registers Publication Date) Regulations 2020",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations set a revised date for the end of the period during which revised versions of certain electoral registers for 2020 must be published in accordance with section 13(1)(a) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) (“the 1983 Act”).\nRegulation 2(1) provides that the regulation applies to the publishing by a registration officer (see section 8 of the 1983 Act) for an area in England of the revised register of parliamentary electors and the revised register of local government electors maintained by that officer under section 9(1)(a) and (b) of the 1983 Act respectively. It also applies to the publishing by a registration officer for an area in Wales or Scotland of the revised register of parliamentary electors maintained by that officer under section 9(1)(a) of the 1983 Act.\nRegulation 2(2) sets the date by which the relevant registers must be published as 1st February 2021.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780111196854/note",
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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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