{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/isle-of-wight-electoral-changes-order-2008/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2435",
  "legislation_title": "The Isle of Wight (Electoral Changes) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/isle-of-wight-electoral-changes-order-2008",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“county” means the county of Isle of Wight;\n“existing” means existing on the date this Order is made;\n“map” means the map marked “Map referred to in the Isle of Wight (Electoral Changes) Order 2008”, of which prints are available for inspection at the principal office of the Electoral Commission: and any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number;\n“ordinary day of election of councillors” has the meaning given by section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983; and\n“registration officer” means an officer appointed for the purpose of, and in accordance with, section 8 of the Representation of the People Act 1983.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c.2, section 37 has been amended by section 18(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c.50), section 17 of the Greater London Authority Act l999 (c.29) and section 60 of the 2007 Act (c.28)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 8 has been amended by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) and the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2435/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:24:33.708572+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."
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