{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-elections-combined-polls-2027-regulations-2026/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-elections-combined-polls-2027-regulations-2026/regulation-5.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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Relevant elections 2027",
  "text": "These Regulations apply if the Chief Electoral Officer gives a direction under section 15(3A) of the 1985 Act (combination of polls) that the polls at the Assembly election on 6th May 2027 (“relevant Assembly election”) are to be taken together with the polls at the local elections on that date (“relevant local election”).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The date of the polls at the next Assembly election is determined in accordance with section 31(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The date of the polls at the next local elections in Northern Ireland is determined in accordance with section 11(1) and (1A) of the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (c. 14) (N.I.). Subsections (1) and (1A) were substituted by S.I. 2013/3156."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348288179/regulation/5",
    "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."
}