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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-variation-of-specified-documents-regulations-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2003/0110452070",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Variation of Specified Documents) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-variation-of-specified-documents-regulations-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend paragraph (1E) of rule 37 of the parliamentary elections rules set out in Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983. The effect of the amendments is to remove all non-photographic forms of identity document from the list of specified documents set out in paragraph (1E). Rule 37(1A) provides that a ballot paper shall not be delivered to a voter unless he has produced one of the specified documents to the presiding officer or a clerk.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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  "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."
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