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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-elections-welsh-forms-amendment-order-2022/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/1402",
  "legislation_title": "The Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) (Amendment) Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-elections-welsh-forms-amendment-order-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Representation Of The People, Wales\nMade 22nd December 2022\nLaid before Parliament 23rd December 2022\nComing into force 16th January 2023\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.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 38. See section 27(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."
    }
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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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