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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-regulations-2008/regulation-40",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110814674",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/40",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Representations regarding clerical errors",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of section 13BA(8) of the 1983 Act a representation may be made orally or in writing.\n(2) Where a representation is made at a polling station to a presiding officer, the presiding officer must as soon as practicable communicate that representation to the registration officer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 3; section 13BA was inserted by section 6 of the Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2006."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110814674/regulation/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:16:26.596223+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."
}