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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-tees-valley-combined-authority-election-of-mayor-order-2016/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111147474",
  "legislation_title": "The Tees Valley Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-tees-valley-combined-authority-election-of-mayor-order-2016",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the area” means the area of the Tees Valley Combined Authority;\n“the ordinary day of election”, in relation to any year, means the day which is the ordinary day of election in that year of councillors for counties in England and districts in accordance with sections 37 and 37A of the Representation of the People Act 1983.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Tees Valley Combined Authority was established by the Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/449)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1983 c. 2. Section 37 was amended by section 17 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) and by section 60(1) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28). Section 37A was inserted by section 60(2) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007."
    }
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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."
}