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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-elections-and-acceptance-of-office-order-2000/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/308",
  "legislation_title": "The Greater London Authority (Elections and Acceptance of Office) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-elections-and-acceptance-of-office-order-2000",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order makes provision in relation to elections for the Greater London Authority.\nArticle 2 designates the person who is to be the returning officer at the first ordinary election of the Mayor and the London members of the Assembly, and article 3 makes a consequential modification to the definition of “ Greater London returning officer” in section 29 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.\nArticle 4 prescribes the form of declaration of acceptance of office to be made by the Mayor or acting Mayor, and by members of the Assembly, and article 5 makes provision as to the making and delivery of such declarations in relation to the first ordinary election. Article 6 designates, for the purposes of the first ordinary election, the officer who is to receive returns and declarations as to election expenses.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/308/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:10.061418+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."
}