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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-service-voters-registration-period-order-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2006/0110752058",
  "legislation_title": "The Service Voters’ Registration Period Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-service-voters-registration-period-order-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 15(11)(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nrepresentation of the people\nMade 2006\nComing into force in accordance with article 1(2)\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(9) and (10) of the Representation of the People Act 1983.\nIn accordance with section 15(11)(a) of that Act he has consulted the Electoral Commission.\nIn accordance with section 15(11)(b) of that Act a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c.2. Section 15 was amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c.2) and by paragraph 4(b) of Schedule 2 to S.I. 1995/1948. Subsections (9) to (12) of that section were added by section 13(1) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22)."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110752058/introduction",
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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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