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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-regulations-2001/regulation-85",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2001/0110190580",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/85",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "85",
  "heading": "Abandoned poll",
  "text": "Where a poll is abandoned or countermanded after postal ballot papers have been issued, by reason of the death of a candidate, the returning officer—\n(a) shall not take any step or further step to open covering envelopes or deal with the contents in accordance with the provisions of this Part of these Regulations; and\n(b) shall, notwithstanding regulations 81 to 83 above, treat all unopened covering envelopes and the contents of those that have been opened as if they were counted ballot papers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2001/0110190580/regulation/85",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:27:13.652995+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."
}