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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-elections-wales-act-2021/section-5",
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  "legislation": "asc/2021/1",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-elections-wales-act-2021",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Two voting systems",
  "text": "(1) There are two systems for electing councillors of a principal council in polls at contested elections—\n(a) a simple majority system, and\n(b) a single transferable vote system.\n(2) See local elections rules for provision about how each system works.\n(3) See sections 7 to 9 for provision about which system applies to a council and how the system that applies to a council is changed.\n(4) In this Part, “local elections rules” means—\n(a) rules made under section 36A of the 1983 Act (inserted by section 13(3));\n(b) rules made under section 36 of the 1983 Act that have effect by virtue of section 13(4).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 5 in force at 6.5.2022, see s. 175(6)(a)"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/1/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:57.648401+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."
}