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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-parishes-and-communitiesdeclaration-of-acceptance-of-office-order-1990/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2477",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities)(Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order 1990",
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  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "This Order may be cited as the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st January 1991.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2001/2963",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2001"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2477/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."
}