{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-registration-data-schemes-order-2012/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-registration-data-schemes-order-2012/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1944",
  "legislation_title": "The Electoral Registration Data Schemes Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-registration-data-schemes-order-2012",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009;\n“area” means—\n(a) in England, a district or London borough;\n(b) in Wales, a county or county borough;\n(c) in Scotland, a local government area;\n“the Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1944/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:24:09.421362+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."
}