{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-referendums-petitions-and-directions-england-regulations-2000/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-referendums-petitions-and-directions-england-regulations-2000/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2852",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Referendums) (Petitions and Directions) (England) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-referendums-petitions-and-directions-england-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Referendums) (Petitions and Directions) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 16th November 2000.\n(2) These Regulations extend to England only and, accordingly, references in these Regulations to a local authority are references to a local authority in England.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the definition of “local authority” in section 48(1) of the Local Government Act 2000."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2852/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:12:04.188975+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."
}