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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/west-lothian-electoral-arrangements-councillor-numbers-order-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2011/332",
  "legislation_title": "The West Lothian (Electoral Arrangements) Councillor Numbers Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/west-lothian-electoral-arrangements-councillor-numbers-order-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Local Government\nMade 13th September 2011\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 15th September 2011\nComing into force 3rd November 2011\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 17(2) and 24(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and all other powers enabling them to do so and giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to them on 14th June 2011 by the Boundary Commission under section 16(3) of that Act regarding electoral arrangements for the area of West Lothian Council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c.65. Section 24 has been amended but those amendments are not relevant for the purposes of this Order. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/332/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."
}