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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-and-elections-act-2009-commencement-no-3-and-saving-provision-order-2010/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/969",
  "legislation_title": "The Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (Commencement No. 3 and Saving Provision) Order 2010",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed Date",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 come into force on 26th March 2010—\n(a) section 25 (disposal of election documents in Scotland);\n(b) section 39 (amendments and repeals) in so far as it relates to the entry in paragraph (c); and\n(c) the entry in Schedule 7 (repeals) relating to section 63(3)(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1983.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c.2; section 63 was substituted by the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c.50), Schedule 4, paragraph 19."
    }
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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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