{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-single-transferable-vote-wales-rules-2023/rule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-single-transferable-vote-wales-rules-2023/rule-1.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": "rule/1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Title, coming into force and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The title of these Rules is the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Single Transferable Vote) (Wales) Rules 2023.\n(2) These Rules come into force on 9 October 2023.\n(3) In these Rules, “the 2021 Rules” means the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Wales) Rules 2021.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2021/1459 (W. 374). These Rules were amended by S.I. 2022/263 (W. 79)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2023/1064/rule/1",
    "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."
}