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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-authorities-mayoral-elections-england-and-wales-regulations-2002/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2002/0110390946",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-authorities-mayoral-elections-england-and-wales-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations, and in any provision as applied by these Regulations—\n“the 2000 Act” means the Local Government Act 2000;\n“the PPER Act” means the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000;\n“the RP Act 2000” means the Representation of the People Act 2000;\n“the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983;\n“the 1986 Regulations” means the Representation of the People Regulations 1986;\n“the Elections Regulations” means the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001;\n“the European Parliamentary Elections Rules” means the rules set out in the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1999;\n“the GLA Elections Rules” means the Greater London Authority Elections (No. 2) Rules 2000;\n“the Mayoral Elections Rules” means the Rules set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;\n“the Parliamentary Elections Rules” means the rules set out in Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act;\n“the Referendums Regulations” means the Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2001;\n“further referendum” means a referendum held in pursuance of an order under regulation 21(3) of the Referendums Regulations; and\n“proper officer” has the meaning given by section 270(3) of the Local Government Act 1972.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 c. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1983 c. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1081; amended by S.I. 1990/520, 1991/1198 and 1728, 1992/722, 1994/342, 1995/1948 and 2001/341."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/341."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/2214."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/427, amended by S.I. 2000/1040."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/1298, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2002/0110390946/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:26:28.820743+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."
}