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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliamentary-constituencies-england-miscellaneous-changes-order-1992/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/233",
  "legislation_title": "The European Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliamentary-constituencies-england-miscellaneous-changes-order-1992",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE\nEUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS\nMade 11th February 1992\nComing into force in accordance with article 1(2)\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of February 1992\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas in pursuance of paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978, the Boundary Commission for England have submitted to the Secretary of State a supplementary report dated 18th November 1991 with respect to the areas comprised in certain European Parliamentary constituencies in England and showing the European Parliamentary constituencies into which they recommend, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 9 of the said Schedule 2, that the areas should be divided:\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State has laid that report before Parliament together with the draft of this Order in Council to give effect to the recommendations contained in the report and each House of Parliament has by resolution approved that draft:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of paragraph 4B of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 10; paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 was substituted by section 1(3) of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1981 (c. 8) and amended by paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 3 to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (c. 56); and the words “European Parliamentary” were substituted for the words “European Assembly” in the provisions concerning the citation of the 1978 and 1981 Acts by section 3(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58) on the coming into force of the Single European Act on 1st July 1987."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph 4B was inserted by paragraph 5(4) of Schedule 3 to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986."
    }
  ],
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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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