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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-order-2012/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1465",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-order-2012",
  "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 2012 and comes into force on 9th July 2012.\n(2) This Order applies in relation 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, were 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). By virtue of paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 1 to the Government of Wales act 2006 (c. 32) they were transferred to the Welsh Ministers."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1465/article/1",
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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."
}