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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-and-elections-act-2009-commencement-no-5-and-saving-provisions-order-2010/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2866",
  "legislation_title": "The Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (Commencement No. 5 and Saving Provisions) Order 2010",
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  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1st December 2010",
  "text": "The following provisions of the 2009 Act come into force on 1st December 2010—\n(a) section 1(2) (compliance with controls imposed by the 2000 Act etc);\n(b) section 2 (investigatory powers of Commission);\n(c) section 3 (civil sanctions);\n(d) section 39 (amendments and repeals) so far as it relates to the provisions mentioned in paragraphs (g) and (h);\n(e) Schedule 1 (investigatory powers of Commission: schedule to be inserted into the 2000 Act);\n(f) Schedule 2 (civil sanctions: schedule to be inserted into the 2000 Act);\n(g) paragraphs 22, 23, 25 and 26 of Schedule 6 (minor and consequential amendments);\n(h) in Schedule 7 (repeals), the entries relating to section 145 of, and Schedule 20 to, the 2000 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2866/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."
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