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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1962/14",
  "legislation_title": "Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to consolidate with amendments certain enactments relating to parliamentary and local government elections, corrupt and illegal practices and election petitions.\n[29th March 1962]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Refs. to registration officer, returning officer or electoral officer are to be construed as refs. to Chief Electoral Officer, 1972 NI 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) (12.12.2013) by The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3156), arts. 1(1), 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act modified (12.12.2013) by The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3156), arts. 1(1), 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act applied (1.11.2023) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 11 para. 5(3); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 3(l)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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  },
  "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."
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