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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliamentary-elections-returning-officers-charges-order-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1094",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliamentary-elections-returning-officers-charges-order-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONSTITUTIONAL LAW\nDEVOLUTION, SCOTLAND\nREPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE\nMade 25th March 1999\nComing into force 12th April 1999\nIn exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 29(3), (4) and (8A) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 as applied by article 18 of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999 the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order with the consent of the Treasury:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2. Section 29 has been amended by section 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1991 (c. 11) and by the Transfer of Functions (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1228; the functions formerly conferred on the Treasury have been transferred to the Secretary of State by that Order. The powers conferred in section 29(3) have been extended by paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/787."
    }
  ],
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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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