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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-single-transferable-vote-wales-rules-2023/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-single-transferable-vote-wales-rules-2023/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2023/1064",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Single Transferable Vote) (Wales) Rules 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-single-transferable-vote-wales-rules-2023",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Local Government, Wales\nRepresentation Of The People, Wales\nMade 4 October 2023\nComing into force 9 October 2023\nThe Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 36A(1), (2)(d), and (4) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, make the following Rules.\nIn accordance with section 36A(7) of that Act, the Welsh Ministers have consulted such persons as they considered appropriate.\nIn accordance with section 36A(10) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2. Section 36A was inserted by section 13(3) of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2023/1064/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:02:56.690881+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."
}