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  "legislation_title": "Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011",
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  "number": "12",
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  "text": "In this Part of this Schedule—\n“European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations” means the European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1267);\n“Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order” means the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/454);\n“peer” means a peer who is a member of the House of Lords;\n“relevant register” means—\n(a)a register of parliamentary electors, or\n(b)in relation to a peer—\n(i)a register of local government electors, or\n(ii)a register of peers maintained under section 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (peers resident outside the United Kingdom);\n“the 2008 regulations” means the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1741) as applied by Schedule 4;\n“the 1985 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1985.",
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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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