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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-welsh-forms-order-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/830",
  "legislation_title": "The Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-welsh-forms-order-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE\nMade 20th March 1995\nLaid before Parliament 28th March 1995\nComing into force 1st April 1995\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred on him by sections 26(2) and 27(4) of the Welsh Language Act 1993, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 38; section 26(2) is extended by section 22 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50), as substituted by section 35(5) of the Welsh Language Act 1993, and by paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978 (c. 10), as amended by section 35(3) of the Welsh Language Act 1993."
    }
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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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