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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-parliamentary-elections-amendment-regulations-2018/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2018/9780111163016",
  "legislation_title": "The European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-parliamentary-elections-amendment-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transitional provision: notice under regulation 83(8) of the Principal Regulations",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to a vacancy in the seat of an MEP if—\n(a) the vacancy arose before the date on which these Regulations came into force; and\n(b) before that date, the Secretary of State received a notice in relation to the vacancy under regulation 83(8) of the Principal Regulations from the returning officer (notice that returning officer is unable to fill a vacant seat from a party’s list).\n(2) Regulation 83A of the Principal Regulations (filling vacant seat by nomination) applies to the vacancy as if—\n(a) paragraph (1) were omitted;\n(b) for paragraph (2) there were substituted—\n“(2) As soon as practicable after this regulation comes into force, the returning officer must ask the nominating officer of the registered party to nominate a person to fill the vacant seat and be returned as an MEP in the name of the registered party.”; and\n(c) in paragraph (6), the words “Where this regulation applies by virtue of paragraph (1)(a)” were omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111163016/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:05:41.806344+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."
}