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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-order-2012/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2553",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-order-2012",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Form of declaration of acceptance of office: police areas in Wales",
  "text": "The declaration of acceptance of office by a person elected to the office of police and crime commissioner for any police area in Wales must be either—\n(a) in the English form set out in Schedule 1, or\n(b) in the Welsh form set out in Schedule 2.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 15.11.2012, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2553/article/3",
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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."
}