{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/service-voters-registration-period-order-2010/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/service-voters-registration-period-order-2010/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/882",
  "legislation_title": "The Service Voters’ Registration Period Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/service-voters-registration-period-order-2010",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Representation Of The People\nMade 18th March 2010\nComing into force 19th March 2010\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(9) and (10) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, makes the following Order.\nIn accordance with section 15(11)(a) of that Act he has consulted the Electoral Commission.\nIn accordance with section 15(11)(b) of that Act a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c.2. Section 15 was amended by sections 8 and 15 of and paragraphs 1 and 8 of Schedule 1 and the first entry in Part 1 of Schedule 7 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c.2), section 12(7) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22) and regulation 5(2) and paragraphs 2 and 4(b) of Schedule 2 to S.I. 1995/1948. Subsections (9) to (12) of section 15 were inserted by section 13(1) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006."
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/882/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."
}