{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliamentary-elections-returning-officers-order-2004/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1056",
  "legislation_title": "The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliamentary-elections-returning-officers-order-2004",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Returning Officers in England (including the combined region)",
  "text": "The returning officer at a European Parliamentary election for the electoral region in England (including the combined region) specified in the left-hand column of the Schedule to this Order shall be the person who is the acting returning officer at a parliamentary election for the constituency specified in the right hand-hand column of the Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "By virtue of the European Parliamentary Elections (Combined Region and Campaign Expenditure) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) Order 2004, the South West electoral region was combined with Gibraltar to form the combined region."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1056/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:27:43.805402+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}