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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliamentary-elections-day-of-poll-order-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/949",
  "legislation_title": "The European Parliamentary Elections (Day of Poll) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliamentary-elections-day-of-poll-order-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE\nMade 23rd March 1999\nLaid before Parliament 30th March 1999\nComing into force 1st May 1999\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3D(1) of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 10; the citation of this Act has been amended in accordance with section 3(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58). Section 3D was substituted by section 1 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 (c. 1)."
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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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