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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-in-electoral-arrangements-regulations-1985/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1985/110",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Changes in Electoral Arrangements) Regulations 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-in-electoral-arrangements-regulations-1985",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These Regulations apply where an order made under Part IV of the Local Government Act 1972 which makes substantive changes to the electoral arrangements for a principal area comes into full operation on a day other than one on which an ordinary election of councillors is held. Regulation 2 continues the previous electoral arrangements in force for the purposes of elections to fill casual vacancies until the holding of such an ordinary election. Regulation 3 provides for the re-arrangement of the register of electors in respect of any such election to fill a casual vacancy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/110/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:21:14.907549+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."
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