{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-welsh-forms-order-1989/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/429",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Welsh Forms) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-welsh-forms-order-1989",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order replaces and revokes the Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 1970 (“the 1970 Order”). The forms prescribed by Schedule 1 to this Order are versions partly in Welsh and partly in English which must be used in Wales for the purposes referred to in article 4 of this Order. The forms prescribed by Schedule 2 to this Order are Welsh versions of certain forms which may be used at a parliamentary election in Wales.\nThe differences between this Order and the 1970 Order are as follows. The bilingual versions of the forms in Schedule 1 to this Order are not prescribed by the 1970 Order. Schedule 2 to this Order omits the Welsh version of the declaration of secrecy consequent on the repeal of the requirement for such a declaration but includes the Welsh version of the directions for the guidance of the voters in voting.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/429/note",
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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."
}