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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-and-elections-act-2009-commencement-no2-and-transitional-provisions-order-2009/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-and-elections-act-2009-commencement-no2-and-transitional-provisions-order-2009/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3084",
  "legislation_title": "The Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (Commencement No.2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-and-elections-act-2009-commencement-no2-and-transitional-provisions-order-2009",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order,\n(a) “the Act” means the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009;\n(b) “the 2000 Act” means the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000;\n(c) “controlled transaction” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of Schedule 7A to the 2000 Act;\n(d) “members association” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(6) of Schedule 7 to the 2000 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Schedule 7A to the 2000 Act was inserted by section 61(7) of and paragraphs 97, 99 and 102 of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22) (“the 2006 Act”)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3084/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:00:51.938758+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."
}