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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-and-elected-bodies-wales-act-2024-commencement-no-3-order-2026/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order is the third commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (“the Act”).\nArticle 2 of this Order brings into force sections 3 (duty to register local government electors) and 4 (provision connected to the duty to register eligible local government electors) of the Act on 1 October 2026.\nThese sections have been brought into force following the completion of the requirements contained in section 72(5) of the Act.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/80/note",
    "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."
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