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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-elections-act-1998commencement-order-1998/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1313",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998(Commencement) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-elections-act-1998commencement-order-1998",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings the provisions of the Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998 which are not already in force into force on 28th May 1998 consequent on the majority of those voting in the referendum on 22nd May 1998 supporting the agreement set out in Command Paper 3883.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1313/note",
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  },
  "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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