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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2015/regulation-124",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111140604",
  "legislation_title": "The Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2015",
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  "path": "regulation/124",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "124",
  "heading": "Prohibition on publication of exit polls",
  "text": "(1) A person must not, before the end of the last day of the signing period for a petition, publish—\n(a) any statement relating to whether any person has signed the petition where that statement is (or might reasonably be taken to be) based on information given by that person; or\n(b) any forecast as to the result of the petition which is (or might reasonably be taken to be) based on information so given.\n(2) A person who contravenes paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.\n(3) In this regulation—\n“forecast” includes estimate; and\n“publish” means make available to the public at large, or any section of the public, in whatever form and by whatever means.",
  "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/124",
    "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."
}