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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-scotland-amendment-regulations-2018/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2018/9780111163634",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-scotland-amendment-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001",
  "text": "In regulation 31I(3) (anonymous registration: evidence consisting of relevant court orders or injunctions) after sub-paragraph (q), insert—\n“(r) a domestic violence protection order made under section 28 of the Crime and Security Act 2010 or section 97 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to, the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015;\n(s) a female genital mutilation protection order made under section 5A of, and paragraphs 1 or 18 of Schedule 2 to, the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2010 c. 17."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2015 c. 9. Section 97 and paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 are not yet in force."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2003 c. 31. Section 5A and Schedule 2 were inserted by section 73(1) and (2) of the Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111163634/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:05:35.752932+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."
}