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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-and-elected-bodies-wales-act-2024-commencement-no-3-order-2026/article-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2026/80",
  "legislation_title": "The Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-and-elected-bodies-wales-act-2024-commencement-no-3-order-2026",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force ...",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force on the day on which the Representation of the People (Electoral Registration​ without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations​ 2026 come into force—\n(a) section 3 (duty to register local government electors);\n(b) section 4 (provision connected to the duty to register eligible local government electors).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (17.9.2026) by The Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024​ (Amendment to Commencement Order No. 3) Order 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/117), art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 heading omitted (17.9.2026) by virtue of The Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024​ (Amendment to Commencement Order No. 3) Order 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/117), art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at made date"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/80/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:55:09.316885+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."
}