{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2015/regulation-116",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2015/regulation-116.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/116",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "116",
  "heading": "Requirement to provide fresh signature following rejection of a postal petition statement: England and Wales and Scotland",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where an absent signer is notified under regulation 115 (notification of a rejected postal petition statement) that the signature on the postal petition statement with which they were issued does not match the example held on the personal identifiers record, and the person continues to be shown on the record kept under regulation 51(4) as signing the petition by post.\n(2) Where this regulation applies, the registration officer may require the absent signer to provide a fresh signature for the personal identifiers record in accordance with regulation 59 (the personal identifiers record).",
  "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/116",
    "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."
}