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  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/8",
  "legislation_title": "European Assembly Elections Act 1981 (repealed 1.5.1999)",
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  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Short title.",
  "text": "This Act may be cited as the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1981.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Words substituted retrospectively by virtue of European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58, SIF 29:5), s. 3(1)(b)(2)(b)(3)"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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