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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-amendment-rules-1998/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/578",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Amendment) Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-amendment-rules-1998",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Amendment) Rules 1998 and shall come into force on 7th April 1998.\n(2) These Rules do not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/578/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."
}