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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-elections-and-recall-petition-welsh-forms-amendment-order-2023/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1137",
  "legislation_title": "The Parliamentary Elections and Recall Petition (Welsh Forms) (Amendment) Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-elections-and-recall-petition-welsh-forms-amendment-order-2023",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Representation Of The People, Wales\nMade 25th October 2023\nLaid before Parliament 26th October 2023\nComing into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3)\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26(2) of the Welsh Language Act 1993, as applied by section 22 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 and section 21(5) of the Recall of MPs Act 2015.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 38. See section 26(4) for the meaning of “the appropriate Minister”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1985 c. 50. Section 22 was substituted by section 35(5) of the Welsh Language Act 1993."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2015 c. 25."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1137/introduction",
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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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