{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/combined-authorities-mayoral-elections-order-2017/schedule-3/paragraph-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/combined-authorities-mayoral-elections-order-2017/schedule-3/paragraph-14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/67",
  "legislation_title": "The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/combined-authorities-mayoral-elections-order-2017",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/14",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Correction of minor errors",
  "text": "(1) The CA/CCA returning officer may, if he or she thinks fit, at any time before the publication under rule 13 of the statement of persons nominated, correct minor errors in a nomination paper or home address form.\n(2) Errors which may be corrected include—\n(a) errors as to a person's electoral number,\n(b) obvious errors of spelling in relation to the details of a candidate.\n(c) errors as to the information mentioned in rule 6(7)(b).\n(3) Anything done by the CA/CCA returning officer in pursuance of this rule shall not be questioned in any proceedings other than proceedings on an election petition.\n(4) The CA/CCA returning officer must have regard to any guidance issued by the Electoral Commission for the purposes of this rule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 3 rule 14(1) substituted (7.2.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/131), regs. 1(3), 13(11)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 rule 14(1) inserted (23.2.2019) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/350), arts. 1, 6(6)(a) (with arts. 3, 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 3 rule 14(2)(c) inserted (23.2.2019) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/350), arts. 1, 6(6)(b) (with arts. 3, 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 3 rule 14(3) substituted (7.2.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/131), regs. 1(3), 13(11)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 3 rule 14(4) inserted (7.2.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/131), regs. 1(3), 13(11)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/67/schedule/3/paragraph/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:16:02.009858+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."
}