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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/537",
  "legislation_title": "The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) (Amendment) Order 1997",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE\nMade 27th February 1997\nComing into force 1st April 1997\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 24(1)(c) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, hereby makes the following Order:",
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      "text": "1983 c. 2."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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