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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/753",
  "legislation_title": "The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers) (Scotland) Order 1996",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE\nMade 7th March 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1996\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 9(2) of, and paragraph 4(2)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
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  "status": null,
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 10; The citation of this Act has been amended 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 (Cmnd.9758) on 1st July 1987; Paragraph 4(2) has been amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 8 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2), by section 3(1)(b) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 and by paragraph 110 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39)."
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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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