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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/returning-officers-parliamentary-constituencies-wales-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/897",
  "legislation_title": "The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (Wales) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/returning-officers-parliamentary-constituencies-wales-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE\nMade 21st March 1996\nComing into force in accordance with article 2\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 24(1)(cc) and 28(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2; section 24(1)(cc) was inserted by paragraph 68(3) of Schedule 16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)."
    }
  ],
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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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