{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/37",
  "legislation_title": "Elections Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-act-2022",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Limit on number of electors for whom a proxy can vote",
  "text": "Schedule 4—\n(a) contains amendments limiting a person’s entitlement to vote as proxy—\n(i) at parliamentary elections, and\n(ii) at local government elections in England,\n(see paragraphs 6(4) and 7(2)), and\n(b) makes related provision about proxy voting and proxy appointments.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 67(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 6 in force at 31.10.2023 for specified purposes by S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 6 in force at 31.1.2024 for specified purposes by S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 4(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/37/section/6",
    "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."
}