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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-welsh-forms-order-2001/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-welsh-forms-order-2001/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1204",
  "legislation_title": "The Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-welsh-forms-order-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE\nMade 27th March 2001\nLaid before Parliament 2nd April 2001\nComing into force 4th April 2001\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 26(2) and 27(4) of the Welsh Language Act 1993, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 38; section 26(2) was 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."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1204/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."
}