{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012/schedule-2/paragraph-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012/schedule-2/paragraph-28.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111525302",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/28",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part of this Schedule—\n“agent” includes the election agent and a person appointed to attend in the election agent’s place;\n“ballot paper envelope” and “covering envelope” have the meaning given in paragraph 38;\n“issue” includes the original or any subsequent issue;\n“postal voters’ ballot box” means the ballot box referred to in paragraph 45(1)(a);\n“receptacle for ballot paper envelopes” and other references to specified receptacles means the receptacles listed in paragraph 45(5);\n“spoilt postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper referred to in paragraph 41;\n“valid postal voting statement” means a postal voting statement which, in accordance with paragraph 50 or 51, the local returning officer is satisfied is duly completed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111525302/schedule/2/paragraph/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:51:38.206353+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."
}