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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliamentary-and-local-elections-pilots-act-2004/schedule/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/2",
  "legislation_title": "European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Act 2004",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Rule 1 of the Parliamentary Elections Rules (timetable for elections) in Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) must be construed subject to this paragraph.\n(2) The writ for a by-election in a constituency which is situated in a pilot region must not be issued on a day which by virtue of the timetable is likely to result in the by-election being held on the same day as the date of the poll at the European Parliamentary general election of 2004.",
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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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