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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-new-councils-etc-order-1973/article-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1973/444",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (New Councils etc.) Order 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-new-councils-etc-order-1973",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Voting at first elections of community councillors",
  "text": "Section 23(7) of the Representation of the People Act 1949 (which does not allow postal voting at elections of parish councillors) shall apply to elections of community councillors held before 1st April 1974 as it will, by virtue of section 179(4) of the Act, apply to elections of such councillors held after that date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/444/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:13:16.834588+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."
}