{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/schedule-5/paragraph-12A",
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  "legislation": "apni/1962/14",
  "legislation_title": "Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/12A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12A",
  "heading": "Correction of minor errors",
  "text": "(1) The returning officer may, at any time before publication under rule 12 of the statement of persons nominated, correct minor errors in a nomination paper or home address form.\n(2) Errors which may be corrected include—\n(a) errors as to a person's electoral number;\n(b) obvious errors of spelling in relation to the details of a candidate; ...\n(c) obvious errors of spelling in relation to the description of a registered political party (including a joint description) authorised as mentioned in rule 5A ; or\n(d) in the home address form, errors as to the information mentioned in rule 5(7).\n(3) Anything done by the returning officer in pursuance of this rule must not be questioned in any proceedings other than proceedings on an election petition.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 rule 12A inserted (16.12.2010) by Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2977), arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 1 para. 53 (with art. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 rule 12A(1) inserted (13.7.2020) by The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/635), arts. 1(2), 7(a) (with art. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 5 rule 12A(2)(b) omitted (13.7.2020) by virtue of The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/635), arts. 1(2), 7(b)(i) (with art. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 5 rule 12A(2)(d) and word inserted (13.7.2020) by The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/635), arts. 1(2), 7(b)(ii) (with art. 1(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1962/14/schedule/5/paragraph/12A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:32:59.497504+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."
}