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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-and-elections-act-2009-commencement-no2-and-transitional-provisions-order-2009/article-3",
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  "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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Appointed Dates",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force on 25th November 2009 —\n(a) section 21 (limitation of pre-candidacy election expenses for certain general elections);\n(b) section 39 (amendments and repeals) in so far as it relates to the entries in paragraphs (c) and (d);\n(c) paragraphs 6 and 7 of Schedule 6 (minor and consequential amendments); and\n(d) the entry in Schedule 7 (repeals) relating to section 76A(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "New section 76A was substituted for section 76A by section 133(1) of the 2000 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1983 c.2."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3084/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."
}