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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-fraud-northern-ireland-act-2002-commencement-order-2002/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1648",
  "legislation_title": "The Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (Commencement) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-fraud-northern-ireland-act-2002-commencement-order-2002",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), sections 2 (dates of birth and ballot papers), 3 (absent votes and declarations of identity) and 4 (electoral identity card) of the Act shall come into force on 1st December 2002.\n(2) The coming into force of the amendments made by section 3 of the Act shall not apply in respect of an election where the last day for the publication of the notice of election is before 1st December 2002.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1648/article/4",
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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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