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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-order-2012/note",
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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",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order specifies the forms of declaration of acceptance of office for persons elected to the office of police and crime commissioner for a police area in England or a police area in Wales. The declaration must be made within two months of election.\nArticle 2 provides that the form in Schedule 1 is the form of declaration of acceptance of office that is to be used where a person is elected to the office of police and crime commissioner for a police area in England.\nArticle 3 provides that the form in either Schedule 1 or 2 is the form of declaration of acceptance of office that is to be used where a person is elected to the office of police and crime commissioner for a police area in Wales.\nSchedules 1 and 2 prescribe the form of the declaration of office in English and Welsh respectively.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2553/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:17:03.415608+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."
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