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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-transitional-election-arrangements-scotland-order-1994/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-transitional-election-arrangements-scotland-order-1994/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3255",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Transitional Election Arrangements) (Scotland) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-transitional-election-arrangements-scotland-order-1994",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and effect",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 1973 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973;\n“the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983;\n“the 1986 Regulations” means the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 1986;\n“the 1986 Rules” means the Scottish Local Elections Rules 1986;\n“the 1994 Act” means the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;\n“new local authority” means a council in respect of which an ordinary election of councillors is to take place on 6th April 1995 in terms of section 5(2) of the 1994 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c. 65."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1983 c. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1111, amended by S.I. 1990/629, 1991/1226 and 1992/834."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/2213, amended by S.I. 1990/262."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3255/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:19:54.538787+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."
}