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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-amendment-england-and-wales-rules-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/223",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Rules 2004",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 4th February 2004\nLaid before Parliament 5th February 2004\nComing into force 1st March 2004\nThe First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 36(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 and after consulting the Electoral Commission pursuant to section 7(2)(e) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2."
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      "text": "2000 c. 41."
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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."
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