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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-voter-identification-amendment-of-list-of-specified-documents-regulations-2024/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2024/9780348264357",
  "legislation_title": "The Voter Identification (Amendment of List of Specified Documents) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-voter-identification-amendment-of-list-of-specified-documents-regulations-2024",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 201(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, section 333(3A) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, section 52ZQ(7) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, section 105(6) of the Local Government Act 2000, section 117(2) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, section 154(2)(b) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, sections 18(8) and 21(6) of the Recall of MPs Act 2015 and section 252(5) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nCouncil Tax, England\nLocal Government, England\nPolice, England And Wales\nRepresentation Of The People\nTown And Country Planning, England\nMade ***\nComing into force ***\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 201(3) of, and rules 28(3) and 37(1Q)(a) and (c) of Schedule 1 to, the Representation of the People Act 1983, section 333(2B) of, and paragraph 16 of Schedule 4B to, the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (including as applied by section 38A(3) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004), sections 52ZQ(1) and (2) and 113(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, sections 9HE(1), 9MG(2) and (3) and 105(2) of the Local Government Act 2000, section 114(1) of, and paragraph 12 of Schedule 5B to, the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, section 58(1) (including as extended by section 26(3) of the Welsh Language Act 1993) and 154(5) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, sections 18(1) and (2)(b) and 21(3)(a) of the Recall of MPs Act 2015 and section 252(1)(c) of, and paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to, the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted the Electoral Commission, in accordance with paragraph 16(5) of Schedule 4B to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, section 52ZQ(6) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, section 9HE(4) of the Local Government Act 2000, section 7(1) and (2)(e), (hc) and (k) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, paragraph 12(4) of Schedule 5B to the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 and paragraph 12(4) of Schedule 2 to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.\nA draft of these Regulations has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament in accordance with section 201(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, section 333(3A) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, section 52ZQ(7) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, section 105(6) of the Local Government Act 2000, section 117(2) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, section 154(2)(b) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, sections 18(8) and 21(6) of the Recall of MPs Act 2015 and section 252(4) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2. Section 201(3) was inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) and amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 21 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). Rule 28(3) was amended by paragraph 70(3) of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22). Rule 37 was amended by paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 to the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37). See section 202(1) for the meaning of “prescribed” in rule 28(3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 8. Section 333(2B) was inserted by section 130(1)(a) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55). Schedule 4B was inserted by Schedule 10 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20). Paragraph 16 was amended by S.I. 2013/2597, 2021/1265."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2004 c. 5. Section 38A was inserted by paragraph 7 of Schedule 9 to the Localism Act 2011 and was amended by section 140(3) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), by sections 4(5) and 5(6) of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (c. 20) and by S.I. 2018/1232."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1992 c. 14. Section 52ZQ was inserted by Schedule 5 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) and amended by S.I. 2021/1265. Section 113(2) was amended by paragraph 52 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26), by section 80(4) and (5) of the Localism Act 2011 and by S.I. 2013/2597, 2021/1265."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2000 c. 22. Sections 9HE and 9MG were inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Localism Act 2011 and were amended by S.I. 2013/2597, 2021/1265. Section 105 was amended by paragraph 14(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to the Local Government Act 2003, by paragraph 70 of Schedule 3, and paragraph 52 of Schedule 4, to the Localism Act 2011 and by S.I. 2013/2597, 2018/644, 2021/1265."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "2009 c. 20. Schedule 5B was inserted by Schedule 1 to the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 (c. 1). Paragraph 12 was amended by S.I. 2021/1265."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "1993 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "2011 c. 13. Section 58(1) was amended by S.I. 2021/1265. Section 154(5) was amended by S.I. 2014/268, 2021/1265."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "2015 c. 25."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "2023 c. 55."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "2000 c. 41. Section 7(2)(hc) was inserted by paragraph 11 of Schedule 10 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011. Section 7(2)(k) was inserted by paragraph 3(6) of Schedule 6 to the Recall of MPs Act 2015."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "Section 201(2) was substituted by paragraph 69 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50) and was amended by paragraph 6(1) and (7)(b) of Schedule 21 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, by section 13(2) of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c. 13), by paragraph 1(9)(a) of Schedule 8 to the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37) and by S.I. 1991/1728."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "Section 333(3A) was inserted by paragraph 22(3) of Schedule 12 to the Localism Act 2011."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f14",
      "text": "Section 117(2) was substituted by section 13(2) of the Localism Act 2011."
    }
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