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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-writs-order-1983/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1983/605",
  "legislation_title": "The Parliamentary Writs Order 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-writs-order-1983",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Duty to notify acting returning officer",
  "text": "A returning officer shall forthwith copy any notice he has given under sub-paragraph (a) of rule 4(1) of the elections rules to the appropriate acting returning officer in order that the acting returning officer may comply with Article 5(2) below.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/605/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:03:15.522699+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}