{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/orkney-islands-area-electoral-arrangements-order-1992/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/3307",
  "legislation_title": "The Orkney Islands Area (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/orkney-islands-area-electoral-arrangements-order-1992",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order gives effect to proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland for a change to electoral arrangements for the Orkney Islands Area (the Area) as described in the Schedule to the Orkney Islands Area (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (the 1977 Order).\nThe effect of the proposals is to divide the Area into 28 electoral divisions as described in the Schedule to the Order.\nThe 1977 Order is revoked by this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3307/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:07:41.574744+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."
}