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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-constituencies-act-2020/schedule/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/25",
  "legislation_title": "Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-constituencies-act-2020",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Schedule 2 (rules for distribution of seats) is amended as follows.\n(2) In rule 2(3) (definition of “United Kingdom electoral quota”), for “596” substitute “ 645 ”.\n(3) In rule 5(2A) (table of the English regions which is inserted by paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Etc. (Repeal, Revocation, Amendment and Saving Provisions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1310)), in column (2) of the Table, in the list of areas comprising the North West region, below “County of Blackburn with Darwen” insert “ County of Blackpool ”.\n(4) If this Act is passed on a day which is before the day on which paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 2 to those Regulations comes into force, sub-paragraph (3) comes into force immediately after that provision of those Regulations comes into force (instead of on the day on which this Act is passed).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 4(3) in force at 31.12.2020 immediately after Sch. 2 para. 1(3) of S.I. 2018/1310 comes into force see Sch. para. 4(4)"
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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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