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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004-modification-of-subordinate-legislation-order-2005/article-46",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/572",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Modification of Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004-modification-of-subordinate-legislation-order-2005",
  "path": "article/46",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Scottish Local Government Election Rules 2002",
  "text": "In Schedule 2, Part III (Contested Elections)–\n(a) in paragraph 28 (questions to be put to voters), at sub paragraph (2) after each occurrence of [“wife”] insert, “civil partner”;\n(b) in paragraph 32 (voting by persons with disabilities), at sub paragraph (3)(b) after “wife” insert “, civil partner”; and\n(c) in appendix 1 (Forms for Use at Scottish Local Government Elections) to Schedule 2–\n(i) in the form titled “Proxy’s Official Notification” after “wife” insert “, civil partner”; and\n(ii) in the form titled “Declaration by the Companion of a Voter with Disabilities” after “wife” insert “, civil partner”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/572/article/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:23:08.328428+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."
}