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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-public-involvement-in-health-act-2007/section-49",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/28",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-public-involvement-in-health-act-2007",
  "path": "section/49",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Order for elections by halves or elections by thirds: transitional provision",
  "text": "(1) An order under section 44 (order for elections by halves or for elections by thirds) may include provision about the transition to the council's new electoral scheme.\n(2) Provision made by virtue of this section may, in particular, include provision for the retirement of some councillors after their initial election at times different from those otherwise applying, and for identifying which of them are so to retire.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 49 in force at 30.12.2007, see s. 245(2)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/28/section/49",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:26.064223+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."
}