{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-summary-applications-statutory-applications-and-appeals-etc-rules-1999/rule-3.11.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-summary-applications-statutory-applications-and-appeals-etc-rules-1999/rule-3.11.1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/929",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Summary Applications, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc. Rules) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-summary-applications-statutory-applications-and-appeals-etc-rules-1999",
  "path": "rule/3.11.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3.11.1",
  "heading": "Interpretation and application",
  "text": "(1) In this Part–\n“sheriff clerk” means, except in rules 3.11.2, 3.11.22 and 3.11.23, the sheriff clerk of the sheriff court district where the trial of the election petition is to take place;\n“the Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983.\n(2) In this Part–\n(a) rules 3.11.2 to 3.11.21 apply to election petitions under the Act; and\n(b) rules 3.11.22 to 3.11.24 apply to registration appeals under section 56 of the Act where the appellant is a person–\n(i) whose entry in the register is an anonymous entry; or\n(ii) who has applied for such an entry.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 3.11.1(1) substituted (17.3.2008) by Act of Sederunt (Summary Applications, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc. Rules) Amendment (Registration Appeals) 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/41), paras. 1(1), 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 3.11.1(2) substituted (17.3.2008) by Act of Sederunt (Summary Applications, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc. Rules) Amendment (Registration Appeals) 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/41), paras. 1(1), 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 3.11.1 in force at 1.7.1999, see rule 1.1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/929/rule/3.11.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:53:39.377865+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."
}