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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-order-1999/article-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/450",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-order-1999",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Officers of councils to be placed at disposal of returning officers",
  "text": "(1) The council of each county of county borough shall place the services of its officers at the disposal of any constituency returning officer for an Assembly constituency wholly or partly situated in its area.\n(2) The services placed at the disposal of a consituency returning officer under paragraph (1) may relate to the exercise of that officer’s functions in connection with a constituency election, a regional election or to both such elections.\n(3) The council of each county or county borough shall also place the services of its officers at the disposal of any regional returning officer for an Assembly electoral region partly situated in its area.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/450/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:00:14.408992+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."
}