{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-amendment-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1226",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-amendment-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE\nMade 16th May 1991\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(3)\nWhereas a draft of these Regulations has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 6(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, having regard to section 27(2) of that Act and the definition of “prescribed” in section 202(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, hereby makes 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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