{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-elections-amendment-rules-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/198",
  "legislation_title": "The Greater London Authority Elections (Amendment) Rules 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-elections-amendment-rules-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "London Government\nRepresentation Of The People, England\nMade 26th January 2012\nLaid before Parliament 31st January 2012\nComing into force 1st March 2012\nThe Lord President of the Council makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 36(2A) and (2B) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 and now vested in him.\nThe Lord President of the Council has consulted the Electoral Commission in accordance with section 7(1) and (2)(d) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c.2; subsections 36(2A) and 36(2B) were inserted by section 17 and Sch. 3 para. 4(2) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c.29)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section (2A) and (2B) were made exercisable concurrently by the Lord President of the Council and the Secretary of State by the Lord President of the Council Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1837)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2000 c.41"
    }
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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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