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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-elections-northern-ireland-order-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-43",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2010/9780111503232",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-elections-northern-ireland-order-2010",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/43",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 130 (interpretation) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1) after the entry for “statutory provisions” insert—\n““universal service provider” has the same meaning as in the Postal Services Act 2000;”.\n(3) For subsection (3) substitute—\n“(3) In Parts 6, 9 and 10 and Schedules 8 and 9 the expression “candidate” in relation to a local election (except where the context otherwise requires) is to be construed in accordance with subsection (3A).\n(3A) A person (“P”) becomes a candidate at a local election—\n(a) on the last day for publication of the notice of the election if on or before that day P is declared by himself or herself or by others to be a candidate at the election, and\n(b) otherwise, on the day on which P is so declared by himself or herself or by others or on which P is nominated as a candidate at the election (whichever is the earlier).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 130 was amended by the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (c.20) (N.I.); the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c.26) (N.I.); S.I. 1972/1264 (N.I. 13); S.I. 1985/454; S.I. 1987/168; Schedule 3 to the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (c. 3); S.I. 1995/1948; S.I. 2001/417; and, in relation to the definition of “Minister” and “Ministry”, the functions of the Minister and Ministry of Home Affairs were transferred to the Secretary of State by S.I. 1973/2163."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 c. 26; section 4 of that Act makes provision for the meaning of universal service provider."
    }
  ],
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  "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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