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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/37",
  "legislation_title": "Elections Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Voter identification",
  "text": "Schedule 1 makes provision, including provision amending RPA 1983, in connection with the production of identification at polling stations by voters.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 67(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 1 in force at 27.8.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/916, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 1 in force at 16.1.2023 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/1401, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "S. 1 in force at 31.1.2024 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 4(a)"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/37/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:56:13.345203+00:00",
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    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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}