{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2016/regulation-43",
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  "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/43",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": "Sealing up of signing sheets",
  "text": "(1) On the completion of the counting of the signing sheets, the petition officer must seal up in separate packets the counted and rejected signing sheets.\n(2) The petition officer must not open the sealed packets of—\n(a) tendered signing sheets;\n(b) the completed corresponding number lists;\n(c) certificates as to employment on duty during the petition period; or\n(d) marked copies of the register (including any marked copy notices issued under section 13BC(6) of the 1983 Act) and lists of proxies.",
  "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/43",
    "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."
}