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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-amendment-rules-1987/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/261",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Amendment) Rules 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-amendment-rules-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been made to remove ambiguities from S.I. 1986/2214 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nREPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE\nMade 25th February 1987\nLaid before Parliament 4th March 1987\nComing into force 11th March 1987\nIn exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 36(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, I hereby make the following Rules:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2."
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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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