{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022/schedule-1/paragraph-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022/schedule-1/paragraph-31.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/37",
  "legislation_title": "Elections Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In rule 57 (retention and public inspection of documents), after paragraph (2)(b) insert—\n“(ba) in the case of an election held in England and Wales or Scotland, the completed ballot paper refusal list,”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 31 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 67(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 31 in force at 16.1.2023 by S.I. 2022/1401, reg. 2(d)(xiii) (with reg. 3(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/37/schedule/1/paragraph/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:56:13.345203+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."
}