{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004-amendments-to-subordinate-legislation-order-2005/schedule-8/paragraph-1",
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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/8/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001",
  "text": "(1) Amend the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 as follows.\n(2) In regulation 15(2), (3) and (4), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.\n(3) In regulation 16(1), (2) and (3), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.\n(4) In regulation 20(2)(c) and (4)(e), for “husband, wife” substitute “ spouse, civil partner ”.\n(5) In regulation 33(5), for “husband, wife” substitute “ spouse, civil partner ”.\n(6) In regulation 54—\n(a) in paragraph (1)(a), after “spouse” (in each place) insert “ or civil partner ”;\n(b) in paragraph (3)(b), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”; and\n(c) in paragraph (5), for “husband, wife,” substitute “ spouse, civil partner, ”.\n(7) In Schedule 3 (Forms)—\n(a) in Form B (Proxy's Official Poll Card), for “husband, wife” substitute “ spouse, civil partner ”; and\n(b) in Form E (Proxy Paper), for “husband, wife” substitute “ spouse, civil partner ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/341, amended by S.I.2004/294."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2114/schedule/8/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}