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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-and-reserve-forces-compensation-scheme-consequential-provisions-subordinate-legislation-northern-ireland-order-2013/article-33",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/3021",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme (Consequential Provisions: Subordinate Legislation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-and-reserve-forces-compensation-scheme-consequential-provisions-subordinate-legislation-northern-ireland-order-2013",
  "path": "article/33",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985",
  "text": "In paragraph 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (additional requirements for applications on grounds of blindness or other disability), in sub-paragraph (4)(b), after sub-paragraph (ii) insert—\n“; or\n(iii) armed forces independence payment under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011,”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1985/454; Part 1 of Schedule 2 was substituted by S.I. 1987/168. Paragraph 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 was amended by S.I. 1990/595; S.I. 1992/809, S.I. 1997/867 and S.I. 2010/2977. Note that a person who applies for an absent vote in accordance with paragraph 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 2, and whose application is granted in accordance with paragraph 1 of that Part, will also be included in the absent voters list for elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly (see the entry relating to section 7 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50) in Schedule 1 to S.I. 2001/2599)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/3021/article/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:33:33.622195+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."
}