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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-elections-returning-officers-charges-northern-ireland-order-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1160",
  "legislation_title": "The Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-elections-returning-officers-charges-northern-ireland-order-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE\nMade 10th April 2005\nComing into force 11th April 2005\nIn exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 29(3) and (4) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order with the consent of the Treasury:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2; section 29 has been amended by section 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1991 (c. 11) and by the Transfer of Functions (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1728). The functions formerly conferred on the Treasury have been transferred to the Secretary of State by that Order. The powers in section 29(3) are extended by section 29(4) to (4C), as so amended. Sub-sections (3) to (9) of section 29 have been substituted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 21 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41), but that amendment has not yet been brought into force."
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1160/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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