{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/oxfordshire-electoral-changes-order-2012/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/oxfordshire-electoral-changes-order-2012/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1812",
  "legislation_title": "The Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/oxfordshire-electoral-changes-order-2012",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Electoral divisions of the county of Oxfordshire and number of councillors",
  "text": "(1) The existing electoral divisions of the county of Oxfordshire are abolished.\n(2) The county is divided into sixty-one electoral divisions each bearing a name listed in column 1 of the Schedule.\n(3) Each electoral division comprises the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the electoral division.\n(4) The number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division is the number specified in relation to that electoral division in column 2 of the Schedule.\n(5) Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it is to be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 in force at 15.10.2012 for specified purposes, see art. 2(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Art. 4 in force at 2.5.2013 in so far as not already in force, see art. 2(1)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1812/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:25:49.189596+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."
}