{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-northern-ireland-order-1985/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-northern-ireland-order-1985/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1985/454",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-northern-ireland-order-1985",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on the seventh day after the day on which it is made.\n(2) This Order extends to Northern Ireland only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/454/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:15:19.409580+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."
}