{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-order-2001/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-order-2001/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3941",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-order-2001",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and application",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order 2001, and shall come into force on 27th November 2001.\n(2) This Order extends to England only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Secretary of State’s functions under section 83 of the Local Government Act 1972, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, are transferred to the National Assembly for Wales, see article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3941/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:19:24.035852+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."
}