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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-constituencies-scotland-miscellaneous-changes-order-1988/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1992",
  "legislation_title": "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-constituencies-scotland-miscellaneous-changes-order-1988",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, interpretation and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1988.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1983 Order” means the Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1983;\n“the 1987 Order” means the Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1987;\n“electoral area” in relation to a region or islands area means an electoral division and, in relation to a district, means a ward within the meaning of section 5 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973;\n“local government area” means a region, islands area or district.\n(3) Subject to section 4(6) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986. this Order shall come into force forthwith.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1983/422"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/469"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1973 c. 65"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1992/article/1",
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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."
}