{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/37",
  "legislation_title": "Elections Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Restriction of period for which person can apply for postal vote",
  "text": "Schedule 3 contains provision limiting the period for which a person can apply to vote by post—\n(a) at parliamentary elections in England and Wales and Scotland, and\n(b) at local government elections in England.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 67(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 31.10.2023 by S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/37/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T16:58:24.104588+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}