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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliament-representation-act-2003-commencement-no-2-order-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1402",
  "legislation_title": "The European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2003",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force in Gibraltar on 2nd June 2003 the provisions of the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 relating to the requirement for the Electoral Commission to make a recommendation to the Lord Chancellor as to which of the existing electoral regions in England and Wales should be combined with Gibraltar for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections taking place after 1st April 2004. The same provisions came into force in the United Kingdom on Royal Assent of that Act.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1402/note",
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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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