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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004-amendments-to-subordinate-legislation-order-2005/schedule-12/paragraph-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2114",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004-amendments-to-subordinate-legislation-order-2005",
  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002",
  "text": "(1) Amend the Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002 as follows.\n(2) In Schedule 1 (The Mayoral Elections Rules)—\n(a) in rule 31(2), for “husband, wife” (in each place) substitute “ spouse, civil partner ”;\n(b) in rule 35(3)(b)(ii), for “husband, wife” substitute “ spouse, civil partner ”;\n(c) in rule 40(2)(b), for “husbands or wives” substitute “ spouses or civil partners ”; and\n(d) in the Appendix of forms, in form 7 (Proxy's official poll card), for “husband, wife”, which appear in the fourth paragraph on the back of the card, substitute “ spouse, civil partner ”.\n(3) In Schedule 3 (Rules for the conduct of a Mayoral election where the poll is taken together with the poll at a relevant election or referendum – the Mayoral Elections (Combination of Polls) Rules)—\n(a) in rule 31(2), in the first question, for “husband [wife]” substitute “ spouse, civil partner ”;\n(b) in rule 31(2), in the second question, for “husband, wife” substitute “ spouse, civil partner ”;\n(c) in rule 35(3)(b)(ii), for “husband, wife” substitute “ spouse, civil partner ”;\n(d) in rule 40(1B)(b), for “wives or husbands” substitute “ spouses or civil partners ”; and\n(e) in the Appendix of forms, in form 7 (Proxy's official poll card), for “husband, wife”, which appear in the fourth paragraph on the back of the card, substitute “ spouse, civil partner ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/185, amended by S.I. 2004/225."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2114/schedule/12/paragraph/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:54:36.821483+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."
}