{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-parliamentary-elections-amendment-regulations-2013/regulation-53",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111101223",
  "legislation_title": "The European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-parliamentary-elections-amendment-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/53",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Amendments to Schedule 2 to the 2004 Regulations",
  "text": "In Schedule 2, after paragraph 70, insert—\n“Forwarding copy of list of rejected postal voting statements in Scotland\n71 (1) As soon as practicable after the declaration of the result under rule 61 of the European Parliamentary elections rules, the local returning officer for each local government area in Scotland must send a copy of the list compiled under paragraph 67(4) (rejected postal voting statements) to the registration officer for that local government area.\n(2) A registration officer may only use the copy of the list sent under sub-paragraph (1) for the purposes of notifying voters of rejected postal voting statements in accordance with paragraph 31A and requiring fresh signatures to be provided in accordance with paragraph 31B.\n(3) Rule 65 (orders for the production of documents) of the European Parliamentary elections rules shall apply to the copy of the list sent in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) as if—\n(a) references to counted ballot papers in the custody of the relevant registration officer were references to the copy of the list sent to a registration officer in accordance with sub-paragraph (1); and\n(b) references to the relevant registration officer were references to the registration officer who was sent a copy of a list in accordance with sub-paragraph (1).\n(4) Except as provided for by virtue of sub-paragraph (3), no other person may be allowed to inspect the copy of the list sent to a registration officer in accordance with sub-paragraph (1).\n(5) The registration officer must cause the copy of the list sent in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) to be destroyed—\n(a) as soon as practicable after the registration officer has complied with the requirements of paragraph 31A and issued any notices under paragraph 31B in relation to the information provided in the copy of the list; and\n(b) in any event, within four months of receipt.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111101223/regulation/53",
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  },
  "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."
}