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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-voter-identification-amendment-of-list-of-specified-documents-northern-ireland-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348285628",
  "legislation_title": "The Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-voter-identification-amendment-of-list-of-specified-documents-northern-ireland-regulations-2026",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make a change to the list of the types of photographic identification that can be used by a person wishing to vote in person at a polling station at UK Parliamentary elections in Northern Ireland. The changes to the UK Parliamentary election rules also apply to elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly by virtue of article 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2599).\nRegulation 2 adds the PASS card, the Blue Badge, the Veteran card and Commonwealth passports to the list of acceptable identification in rule 37(1E) of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2).\nRegulation 3 and the Schedules replace the Poll Cards for the UK Parliamentary Elections (the same forms are used for Northern Ireland Assembly elections) to reflect the changes to acceptable voter identification.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348285628/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:37:01.730653+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."
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