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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-act-2000-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-order-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/222",
  "legislation_title": "The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2001",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ELECTORAL COMMISSION\nREGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES\nPOLITICAL PARTIES\nNATIONAL ELECTION EXPENDITURE\nREFERENDUMS\nMade 29th January 2001\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 163(2) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 41; the powers in section 163(2) are extended by section 163(5) and (6)."
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/222/introduction",
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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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