{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2015/regulation-106",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2015/regulation-106.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111140604",
  "legislation_title": "The Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/106",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "106",
  "heading": "Confirming receipt of postal signing statements: England and Wales and Scotland",
  "text": "(1) An elector or a proxy signer who is shown in the postal signers list or proxy postal signers list may make a request, at any time after the first issue of postal signing sheets under regulation 86 (time when postal signing packs are to be issued) and before the end of the signing period, that the petition officer confirm—\n(a) whether a mark is shown in the marked copy of the postal signers list or proxy postal signers list in a place corresponding to the number of the elector to denote that a postal signing sheet has been returned; and\n(b) whether the number of the signing sheet issued to the elector or the elector’s proxy has been recorded on either of the lists kept by the petition officer under regulation 110 (lists of rejected postal signing sheets).\n(2) A request under paragraph (1) must—\n(a) be made by any method specified by the petition officer; and\n(b) include any evidence of the signer’s identity requested by that officer.\n(3) Where a request is received in accordance with paragraph (2) the petition officer must satisfy himself or herself that the request has been made by the elector or their proxy and, if satisfied that it was, provide confirmation of the matters under paragraph (1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111140604/regulation/106",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:09:05.710533+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."
}