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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliament-representation-act-2003-commencement-no-4-order-2004/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/320",
  "legislation_title": "The European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliament-representation-act-2003-commencement-no-4-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of provisions in European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003",
  "text": "The following provisions of the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 shall come into force on 5 February 2004—\n(a) in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar—\n(i) sections 20 and 21 for all remaining purposes; and\n(ii) section 19 except so far as it—\n(aa) was brought into force by the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2004; or\n(bb) relates to section 1A and 8 of, and Schedule 1A to, the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002; and\n(b) in Gibraltar—\n(i) sections 1 and 8; and\n(ii) section 28(2) so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by paragraph (a) and sub-paragraph (i) above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2004/24."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2002 c. 24. Section 1A and section 8(8) of, and Schedule 1A to, this Act were inserted by sections 7 and 15(3) of, and the Schedule to, the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003. These provisions are not yet in force."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/320/article/2",
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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."
}