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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-postal-and-proxy-voting-etc-amendment-regulations-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348249682",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-postal-and-proxy-voting-etc-amendment-regulations-2023",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“the 2001 Regulations” means the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 and the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001;\n“ongoing parliamentary election” means a relevant parliamentary election for which the date of poll as stated in the notice of election is on or after 31st January 2024;\n“relevant parliamentary election” means a parliamentary election for which the notice of election is published in accordance with rule 5 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 on or before 30th January 2024.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Rule 5 was amended by Part 1 of Schedule 2 and paragraph 74 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50), by paragraph 10 of Schedule 6 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) and by section 19(3) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22)."
    }
  ],
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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."
}