{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/suffolk-electoral-changes-order-2022/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/suffolk-electoral-changes-order-2022/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/823",
  "legislation_title": "The Suffolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/suffolk-electoral-changes-order-2022",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Divisions of Suffolk and number of councillors",
  "text": "(1) The existing divisions of Suffolk are abolished.\n(2) Suffolk is divided into the 69 divisions listed in Schedule 1.\n(3) Each division comprises the area identified on the map by reference to the name of the division.\n(4) One councillor is to be elected for each division listed in Schedule 1 other than the division of Beccles & Kessingland for which two councillors are to be elected.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 15.10.2024 for specified purposes, see art. 1(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 7.5.2026 in so far as not already in force at 7.5.2026, see art. 1(3)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2025/137, art. 5(1)(b))"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/823/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:57:18.413672+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."
}