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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-elections-northern-ireland-amendment-order-2021/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2021/9780348223668",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-elections-northern-ireland-amendment-order-2021",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends provisions in the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (c. 14 (N.I.)) (the “1962 Act”) relating to election publications for Northern Ireland local elections.\nArticle 2 substitutes the text of paragraph 28 of Schedule 9 to the 1962 Act. The substituted provisions set out the information that must be included on election publications intended to promote or procure the election of a particular candidate. The new paragraph 28(3) specifies the relevant details that must be included in a printed document, namely the name and address of the printer, promoter, and any other person on behalf of whom the material is published. New paragraph 28(7) sets out the circumstances where a person may be guilty of an electoral offence should they fail to comply with paragraph 28, and paragraph 28(8) sets out the circumstances where a person charged under paragraph 28(7) may have a defence.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348223668/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:47:12.669796+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."
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