{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-elections-combined-polls-2027-regulations-2026/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-elections-combined-polls-2027-regulations-2026/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348288179",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Ireland Elections (Combined Polls 2027) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-elections-combined-polls-2027-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Lists of votes marked by the presiding officer",
  "text": "(1) The Chief Electoral Officer may direct that, in respect of the relevant elections, the list of votes marked by the presiding officer compiled under rule 38(2) of the AER be combined with the list compiled under rule 35(3) of the LER.\n(2) If they do so, the presiding officer must indicate in the list each entry that relates to only one of the relevant elections and the election to which it relates.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Rule 26 of the AER makes provision about the appointment of presiding officers in respect of Assembly elections. Rule 23 of the LER makes equivalent provision for local elections."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348288179/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:41.261110+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."
}