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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-england-and-wales-amendment-rules-2015/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-england-and-wales-amendment-rules-2015/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/103",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-england-and-wales-amendment-rules-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Representation Of The People, England And Wales\nMade 30th January 2015\nLaid before Parliament 4th February 2015\nComing into force in accordance with rule 1(2)\nThe Lord President of the Council in exercise of the powers conferred by section 36(1) and (2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 makes the following Rules.\nThe Lord President of the Council has consulted the Electoral Commission as required by section 7(1) and (2)(d) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c.2; the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 36(1) and (2) were made exercisable concurrently by the Lord President of the Council and the Secretary of State by the Lord President of the Council Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1837)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 c.41; section 7 has been amended but the amendments are not relevant to these Rules."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/103/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:49:20.301896+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}