{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-elections-combined-polls-2027-regulations-2026/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-elections-combined-polls-2027-regulations-2026/regulation-8.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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Postal ballot papers - declarations of identity",
  "text": "(1) In respect of the relevant Assembly election—\n(a) the reference in rule 24(1)(c) of the AER to a declaration of identity “in the prescribed form” is instead to be read as a reference to a declaration of identity in the form set out in Form 1;\n(b) regulation 71(b) of the 2008 Regulations is to be disregarded;\n(c) the reference in regulation 81A(1)(c) of the 2008 Regulations to a declaration of identity in “the form set out in regulation 71 (form of declaration of identity)” is instead to be read as a reference to a declaration of identity in the form set out in Form 1.\n(2) In respect of the relevant local election—\n(a) the reference in rule 21(1) of the LER to a declaration of identity in “the form prescribed in the Appendix” is instead to be read as a reference to a declaration of identity in the form set out in Form 2;\n(b) the reference in paragraph 12A(1)(c) of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the 1985 Order to a declaration of identity in “the form set out in the Appendix to the Local Elections Rules (form 5)” is instead to be read as a reference to a declaration of identity in the form set out in Form 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Rule 24 was substituted by section 37 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation 71(b) was amended by S.I. 2015/221."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Regulation 81A was inserted by S.I. 2014/1808."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Rule 21(1) was amended by S.I. 2014/1116."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Paragraph 12A was inserted by S.I. 2014/1116."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348288179/regulation/8",
    "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."
}