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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-commission-limit-on-public-awareness-expenditure-order-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1329",
  "legislation_title": "The Electoral Commission (Limit on Public Awareness Expenditure) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-commission-limit-on-public-awareness-expenditure-order-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nUnder section 13(1) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, the Electoral Commission are required to promote public awareness of the matters specified in that provision (which include current electoral systems and systems of local government). This Order exercises the power in section 13(6) of that Act to set a limit on the total expenditure in any financial year in respect of such functions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1329/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:51:52.707067+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."
}