{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-administration-act-2006-commencement-no8-and-transitional-provision-order-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1509",
  "legislation_title": "The Electoral Administration Act 2006 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provision) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-administration-act-2006-commencement-no8-and-transitional-provision-order-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Representation Of The People\nMade 16th June 2009\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 77(2), (3) and (4) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006, and having been informed by the Electoral Commission that they are satisfied that they will receive the information mentioned in paragraph 15A(2) of Schedule 7 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 in relation to a member of the House of Commons, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c.22."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 c.41. Paragraph 15A is inserted by section 59(3) of the 2006 Act. Section 59(4) of the 2006 Act provides that the Secretary of State must not make an Order commencing section 59 unless so informed."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Paragraph 15A of Schedule 7 and paragraph 16 of Schedule 7A of the 2000 Act apply to the holders of a relevant elective office. Paragraph 1(8)(a) provides that the office of “member of the House of Commons” is a relevant elective office. That definition is applied for the purposes of Schedule 7A by paragraph 1(7)(c) of that Schedule."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1509/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."
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