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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-constituencies-act-1986/schedule-2A/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-constituencies-act-1986/schedule-2A/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/56",
  "legislation_title": "Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-constituencies-act-1986",
  "path": "schedule/2A/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The chair shall make arrangements for a public hearing to begin with an explanation of—\n(a) the proposals with which the hearing is concerned;\n(b) how written representations about the proposals may be made (as mentioned in section 5(1)(a), (4)(b) , (4B)(b) or (5)(c) of this Act).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2A inserted (16.2.2011) by Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 11 (with s. 13(5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2A para. 6(b) inserted (14.12.2020) by Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 (c. 25), s. 14(2), Sch. para. 5(2) (with s. 13(2))"
    }
  ],
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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."
}