{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/swale-electoral-changes-order-2012/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/swale-electoral-changes-order-2012/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2985",
  "legislation_title": "The Swale (Electoral Changes) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/swale-electoral-changes-order-2012",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“map” means the map marked “Map referred to in the Swale (Electoral Changes) Order 2012”, prints of which are available for inspection at the principal office of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England;\n“ordinary day of election of councillors” has the meaning given by section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c.2. Section 37 has been amended by the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c.50), section 18(2) (repealed), the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c.29), Schedule 3, paragraph 5 and the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c.28), section 60(1)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2985/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:11:55.505434+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."
}