{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-order-1990/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-order-1990/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/932",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-order-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 20th April 1990\nComing into force 3rd May 1990\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 83(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 , section 31(7) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70; section 83(1) was amended by S.I. 1977/1710, by the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), Schedule 17 and by section 30(2) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/932/introduction",
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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."
}