{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/isles-of-scilly-order-1978/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/isles-of-scilly-order-1978/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1978/1844",
  "legislation_title": "The Isles of Scilly Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/isles-of-scilly-order-1978",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "The Council",
  "text": "(1) The Council shall consist of a chairman and councillors.\n(2) The Council shall be a body corporate by the name “the Council of the Isles of Scilly”.\n(3) 25 councillors shall be elected by the local government electors for the Isles in accordance with the Act and Part I of the Representation of the People Act 1949. Such councillors shall—\nas to 2, be elected for the parish of Bryher;\nas to 2, be elected for the parish of St. Agnes;\nas to 2, be elected for the parish of St. Martin's;\nas to 16, be elected for the parish of St. Mary's; and\nas to 3, be elected for the parish of Tresco.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/1844/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:24:51.395560+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."
}