{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-parliamentary-elections-amendment-regulations-2018/regulation-5",
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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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Savings provision where a seat is vacated by an independent candidate prior to these Regulations coming into force",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to a vacancy in the seat of an MEP if—\n(a) immediately before these Regulations come into force, the requirement to hold a by-election under regulation 82(3) of the Principal Regulations applies (requirement to hold a by-election where a seat was vacated by an individual candidate); and\n(b) the previous MEP did not stand on behalf of one or more parties when elected to the seat.\n(2) Regulation 82(3) continues to apply and the by-election is to be held in accordance with the Principal Regulations as if these Regulations had not come into force.",
  "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/5",
    "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."
}