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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-amendment-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1198",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-amendment-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE\nMade 15th May 1991\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(3)\nWhereas a draft of these Regulations has been approved by resolutionof each House of Parliament;\nNow, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 6(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, having regard to section 27(2) of that Act and thedefinition of“prescribed” in section 202(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, I hereby make the following regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 50."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1983 c. 2."
    }
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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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