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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliamentary-elections-returning-officers-charges-order-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/122",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliamentary-elections-returning-officers-charges-order-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been printed in substitution of the S.I. of the same number and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nCONSTITUTIONAL LAW\nDEVOLUTION, SCOTLAND\nREPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE\nMade 22nd January 2003\nComing into force 12th February 2003\nThe Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 29(3), (4) and (8A) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 as applied and modified by article 19 of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2002 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 was amended by the Representation of the People Act 1991 (c. 11), section 1, and by the Transfer of Functions (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1228); the functions formerly conferred on the Treasury were transferred to the Secretary of State by that Order. Subsection (8A) was inserted by article 19 of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2779) (“the 2002 Order”). The powers conferred in section 29(3) as applied and modified by article 19 of the 2002 Order have been extended by paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 5 to the 2002 Order. Section 29 is amended by the Political Parties, Referendums and Elections 2000 (c. 41), Schedule 21, paragraph 6(3); the amendments are not yet in force."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/2779."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/122/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."
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