{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-parishes-and-communities-amendment-rules-1998/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-parishes-and-communities-amendment-rules-1998/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/585",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (Amendment) Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-parishes-and-communities-amendment-rules-1998",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In rule 4 (interpretation) of the 1986 Rules—\n(a) before the words “a county or district” there shall be inserted “, in England,”, and\n(b) after those words, there shall be inserted “and, in Wales, a county or county borough”.\n(2) At the end of that rule, there shall be inserted the following paragraph:\n“(2) Any reference in these Rules to a district shall be construed as a reference to a county in the case of a county in which there are no district councils.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Rule 4 has been amended but the amendment is not relevant to the subject matter of these Rules."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/585/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:35:39.393250+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."
}