{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-voter-identification-regulations-2022/regulation-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-voter-identification-regulations-2022/regulation-35.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2022/9780348240504",
  "legislation_title": "The Voter Identification Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-voter-identification-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/35",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Collation of information by relevant registration officer or returning officer",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies to the information provided to a collating officer—\n(a) by each presiding officer in accordance with rule 40B(2)(b) of the elections rules, or\n(b) by the returning officer, in accordance with rule 40B(2)(b) and (3)(a) of the elections rules.\n(2) For the purposes of rule 40B(5)(b) of the elections rules, the collating officer must collate the information provided by—\n(a) separating that information into two groups depending on whether the indication by the presiding officer in accordance with regulation 34(2)(a) is that the explanation described in that regulation was or was not given;\n(b) for each group described in sub-paragraph (a), calculating the total number of voters for each category of information listed in regulation 34(2)(b) to (f).\n(3) In this regulation, the “collating officer”—\n(a) in relation to an election held in England and Wales is the relevant registration officer (as defined in rule 40B(12)(b) of the elections rules);\n(b) in relation to an election held in Scotland, is the returning officer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348240504/regulation/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:44:28.291970+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."
}