{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-elections-combined-polls-2027-regulations-2026/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-elections-combined-polls-2027-regulations-2026/regulation-2.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/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“1962 Act” means the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962;\n“1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983;\n“1985 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1985;\n“1985 Order” means the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985;\n“2001 Order” means the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001;\n“2008 Regulations” means the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008 as applied for the purposes of Assembly elections by article 3 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 2001 Order with the modifications set out in those provisions;\n“AER” (Assembly Elections Rules) means the parliamentary elections rules as applied for the purposes of Assembly elections by article 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 2001 Order with the modifications set out in those provisions;\n“Assembly election” means an election of the Northern Ireland Assembly;\n“Chief Electoral Officer” has the meaning given in section 130(1) of the 1962 Act;\n“local election” has the meaning given in section 130(1) of the 1962 Act;\n“LER” means the local elections rules in Schedule 5 to the 1962 Act;\n“relevant Assembly election” and “relevant local election” have the meanings given in regulation 5 and references to “relevant election” are to be interpreted accordingly;\n“relevant combined document” has the meaning given in regulation 4.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1962 c. 14 (N.I.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1985/454."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/2599."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/1741."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Article 3 and Schedule 2 were substituted by S.I. 2009/256."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "The parliamentary elections rules are those in Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Schedule 1 was substituted by S.I. 2009/256."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "The definition was amended by S.I. 1985/454."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "The rules in Schedule 5 were substituted by S.I. 1985/454."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348288179/regulation/2",
    "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."
}