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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-order-2012/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-order-2012/introduction.json",
  "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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Local Government, England\nMade 6th June 2012\nLaid before Parliament 13th June 2012\nComing into force 9th July 2012\nThe Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 83(1) and (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70. Section 83 was amended by sections 83 and 102 of the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51); Schedule 13 to and section 237 of the Education Reform act 1988 (c. 40); section 30(2) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42); paragraph 23 of Schedule 15 to and section 66(5) of Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) and paragraph 9(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to and section 46 of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1465/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."
}