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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-registration-pilot-scheme-england-order-2016/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/739",
  "legislation_title": "The Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme (England) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-registration-pilot-scheme-england-order-2016",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983;\n“2001 Regulations” means the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001;\n“specified area” means the area of a district council specified in the Schedule.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 13.7.2016, see art. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2. Section 9D was inserted into the Representation of the People Act 1983 by section 4 of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/341; relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2013/3198."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/739/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:21:54.121186+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."
}