{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hereford-and-worcester-structural-boundary-and-electoral-changes-order-1996/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hereford-and-worcester-structural-boundary-and-electoral-changes-order-1996/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1867",
  "legislation_title": "The Hereford and Worcester (Structural, Boundary and Electoral Changes) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hereford-and-worcester-structural-boundary-and-electoral-changes-order-1996",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "First elections",
  "text": "At the elections held in 1997 by virtue of article 9, the returning officer shall be—\n(a) in the case of the new district of Malvern Hills, the returning officer appointed under section 35 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 by the council of the existing district of Malvern Hills;\n(b) in the case of the new district of Herefordshire, the returning officer so appointed by the council of the existing district of South Herefordshire; and\n(c) in the case of the new county of Worcestershire, the returning officer so appointed by the council of the existing county of Hereford and Worcester.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1867/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:38:48.872135+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."
}