Citation, commencement, extent and revocations
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1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) Rules 2006.
(2) These Rules come into force on 2 January 2007 except for the purposes of an election if the last date for the publication of the notice of election for that election was, or will be, prior to 27 March 2007.
(3) These Rules shall not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
(4) Subject to paragraph (2), the statutory instruments listed in column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Rules (which have the reference listed in column 2) are revoked to the extent indicated in column 3 of that Schedule.