{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-amendment-regulations-2002/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-amendment-regulations-2002/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2002/0110424247",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-amendment-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Spoilt postal ballot papers",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 76 (spoilt postal ballot papers) of the 2001 Regulations is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (1) for the words from “, the declaration” to the end substitute “and the declaration of identity”.\n(3) In paragraph (4) for “the declaration of identity and the ballot paper envelope” substitute “and the declaration of identity”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2002/0110424247/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:25:56.887515+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."
}