{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-elections-northern-ireland-amendment-order-1999/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1999/011085439X",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-elections-northern-ireland-amendment-order-1999",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After rule 5 (nomination of candidates) insert—\n“Nomination papers: name of registered political party\n5A (1) A nomination paper may not include a description of a candidate which is likely to lead voters to associate the candidate with a registered political party unless the description is authorised by a certificate—\n(a) issued by or on behalf of the registered nominating officer of the party, and\n(b) received by the returning officer before the last time for the delivery of nomination papers.\n(2) A person shall be guilty of a corrupt practice if he fraudulently purports to be authorised to issue a certificate under paragraph (1) on behalf of a registered political party’s nominating officer.\n(3) In the application of this rule in relation to an election “registered political party” means a party which was registered under the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 at the time by which the notice of election is required to be published.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 48."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1999/011085439X/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:19:20.045662+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."
}