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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-regional-returning-officers-revocation-order-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/743",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Regional Returning Officers) (Revocation) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-regional-returning-officers-revocation-order-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Constitutional Law\nDevolution, Scotland\nRepresentation Of The People\nMade 17th March 2015\nComing into force 30th June 2015\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12(6) and 113(4) of the Scotland Act 1998.\nIn accordance with section 7 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 he has consulted the Electoral Commission.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c.46; sections 12 and 113 will be amended by the Scotland Act 2012 (c.11), sections 1 and 3, but these sections are not yet in force."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 c.41."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/743/introduction",
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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."
}