{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022/schedule-9/paragraph-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022/schedule-9/paragraph-53.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/37",
  "legislation_title": "Elections Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/53",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) An inchoate offence in relation to an offence listed in Part 1 or 2 of this Schedule.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1), inchoate offence, in relation to an offence, means—\n(a) an attempt to commit the offence,\n(b) conspiracy to commit the offence,\n(c) an offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 related to the offence, or\n(d) incitement to commit the offence.\n(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(c), an offence committed by a person under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (encouraging or assisting crime) is related to another offence if that other offence is the offence (or one of the offences) which the person intended or believed would be committed.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 53 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 67(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 53 in force at 1.11.2023 by S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 3(j)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/37/schedule/9/paragraph/53",
    "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."
}