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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-elections-northern-ireland-order-2013/schedule/paragraph-23",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111105481",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2013",
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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Modification of the Local Elections Rules",
  "text": "(1) The Appendix of Forms applies as if—\n(a) in Form 3 (ballot paper), on the front of the ballot paper, at the top of that form there were inserted the heading “Local Council Election”;\n(b) in Form 4 (directions as to printing the ballot paper), in paragraph 2(a), after “apart from” there were inserted “the heading “Local Council Election” at the top of the ballot paper and”; and\n(c) after Form 5 (declaration of identity) there were inserted—\n“Declaration of Identity (combined polls) (rule 21)\n5ZA (for use when a local poll is to be combined with a European Parliamentary poll)\nFront of form\nBack of form\nINSTRUCTIONS TO THE VOTER\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "This form was amended by S.I. 2001/417 and paragraph 61 of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "This form was amended by S.I. 2001/417; paragraph 61 of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22); and S.I. 2010/2977."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Form 5A was inserted only for the purpose of a combined local and parliamentary election by paragraph 29 of the Schedule to the Elections Act 2001 (c. 7), and that inserted form was amended by S.I. 2010/2977."
    }
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  },
  "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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