{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-amendment-order-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2021/437",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-amendment-order-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Representation Of The People\nMade 24th November 2021\nComing into force 25th November 2021\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3 and 16 of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 16(5) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2004 asp 9. Section 3 was amended by section 34(6) of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14) and section 6(3) of the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 16(5) has been modified by paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/437/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:52:49.936098+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}