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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-democracy-economic-development-and-construction-act-2009-commencement-no-3-order-2010/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/881",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-democracy-economic-development-and-construction-act-2009-commencement-no-3-order-2010",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 15th June 2010",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force in relation to England on 15th June 2010—\n(a) Section 10(3) and (4) (electronic petitions);\n(b) Section 11 (petition schemes);\n(c) Section 12 (petitions to which schemes must apply) except for paragraphs (1)(d) and (3)(b);\n(d) Section 13 (requirement to acknowledge);\n(e) Section 14 (requirement to take steps) so far as not already in force;\n(f) Section 15 (requirement to debate);\n(g) Section 16 (requirement to call officer to account);\n(h) Section 17 (review of steps);\n(i) Section 18 (supplementary scheme provision);\n(j) Section 19 (powers of appropriate national authority) so far as not already in force;\n(k) Section 20 (handling of petitions by other bodies) so far as not already in force;\n(l) Section 21 (orders) so far as not already in force; and\n(m) Section 22 (interpretation); so far as not already in force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/881/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:46:46.291846+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."
}