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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-welsh-forms-order-2007/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1013",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Communities) (Welsh Forms) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-welsh-forms-order-2007",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "representation of the people, Wales\nMade 26th March 2007\nLaid before Parliament 26th March 2007\nComing into force 27th March 2007\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 26(2) (as applied by section 22 of the Representation of the People Act 1985) and subsections (3) and (4) of section 27 of the Welsh Language Act 1993:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c.50; section 22 was substituted by section 35(5) of the Welsh Language Act 1993 (c .38)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1993 c.38"
    }
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  "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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