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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-amendment-no-2-england-and-wales-rules-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1041",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Amendment) (No. 2) (England and Wales) Rules 2004",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct errors in S.I. 2004/223 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nREPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 31st March2004\nLaid before Parliament 7th April 2004\nComing into force 30th April 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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      "label": "f2",
      "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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