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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-amendment-wales-order-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2001/2963",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-amendment-wales-order-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WALES\nMade 23rd August 2001\nComing into force 24th August 2001\nThe National Assembly for Wales makes the following Order in exercise of the powers given to the Secretary of State by sections 83(1) and (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 and section 26(3) of the Welsh Language Act 1993 which are now vested in it in so far as exercisable in Wales and in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 52(2) of the Local Government Act 2000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1993 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2000 c. 22."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/2963/introduction",
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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."
}