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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-local-government-elections-amendment-no-2-order-2012/article-5",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2012/9780111018248",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment (No. 2) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-local-government-elections-amendment-no-2-order-2012",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of the 2011 Order",
  "text": "In rule 56 (declaration of result), after paragraph (c)(v) insert—\n“(va) each unique sequence of preferences in which voters chose candidates in the ward, with the number of voters who adopted each of those sequences, and for these purposes a “sequence of preferences” is the order in which a voter gave their preferences to the candidates on the ballot paper, starting with their first preference;”.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2012/9780111018248/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:36:32.916968+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}