{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2016/regulation-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2016/regulation-40.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111141991",
  "legislation_title": "The Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/40",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Rejected signing sheets",
  "text": "(1) Any signing sheet which—\n(a) does not bear the official mark, or\n(b) is unmarked or void for uncertainty,\nmust, subject paragraph (2), be taken to be void and not counted.\n(2) A signing sheet on which the signature is marked—\n(a) elsewhere than in the proper place, or\n(b) otherwise than by means of a signature, or\n(c) by more than one mark,\nmust not for such reason be taken to be void if an intention to sign the petition clearly appears.\n(3) The petition officer must endorse the word “rejected” on any signing sheet which under this regulation is not counted.\n(4) The petition officer must draw up a statement showing the number of signing sheets rejected (“statement of rejected signing sheets”) under either or both heads of—\n(a) want of official mark;\n(b) unmarked or void for uncertainty.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111141991/regulation/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:08:55.469105+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."
}