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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliamentary-elections-welsh-forms-order-1989/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/428",
  "legislation_title": "The European Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliamentary-elections-welsh-forms-order-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE\nMade 9th March 1989\nLaid before Parliament 17th March 1989\nComing into force 21st April 1989\nIn exercise of the powers conferred upon me by sections 2(1) and 3(4) of the Welsh Language Act 1967, I hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 66; section 2(1) was extended by paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978 (c. 10) (the citation of which 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)."
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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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