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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-and-elections-act-2009-commencement-no-4-order-2010/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2409",
  "legislation_title": "The Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-and-elections-act-2009-commencement-no-4-order-2010",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 1st October 2010 section 6 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c.12). Section 6 amends section 1(3) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.41) by increasing the number of Electoral Commissioners to nine or ten from a minimum number of five and a maximum number of nine.",
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  "version": "current",
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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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