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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-constituencies-act-2020/section-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/25",
  "legislation_title": "Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020",
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  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Registers used to determine the “electorate” in relation to the 2023 reports",
  "text": "(1) In rule 9(2) of Schedule 2 to the 1986 Act (definition of the “electorate”), for “The” substitute “ Subject to sub-paragraph (2A), the ”.\n(2) After rule 9(2) of that Schedule insert—\n“(2A) In relation to a report under section 3(1) that a Boundary Commission is required (by section 3(2)) to submit before 1 July 2023, the “electorate” of the United Kingdom, or of a part of the United Kingdom or a constituency, is the total number of persons whose names appear on a register of parliamentary electors (maintained under section 9 of the Representation of the People Act 1983) in respect of addresses in the United Kingdom, or in that part or that constituency, as that register has effect on 2 March 2020.”",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/25/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:59:47.705528+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."
}