{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/schedule-5/paragraph-56A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/schedule-5/paragraph-56A.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": "schedule/5/paragraph/56A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "56A",
  "heading": "Destruction of home address forms and date of birth lists",
  "text": "(1) The returning officer must destroy the documents mentioned in paragraph (1A)—\n(a) on the next working day following the end of the period of 22 days beginning with the day on which the declaration of the names of the persons elected is made, or\n(b) if an election petition questioning the election or return is presented before that working day, as soon as reasonably practical following the conclusion of proceedings on the petition or on appeal from such proceedings.\n(1A) The documents referred to in paragraph (1) are—\n(a) each candidate’s home address form;\n(b) the lists provided to the polling station under rule 26(3)(f).\n(2) In this rule “working day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Eve or a public holiday",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 rule 56A inserted (13.7.2020) by The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/635), arts. 1(2), 8 (with art. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 rule 56A substituted (31.1.2024) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 6 para. 20(2); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 4(e)(v) (with Sch. para. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 5 rule 56A(1A) inserted (31.1.2024) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 6 para. 20(3); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 4(e)(v) (with Sch. para. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 rule 56A heading inserted (31.1.2024) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 6 para. 20(4); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 4(e)(v) (with Sch. para. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1962/14/schedule/5/paragraph/56A",
    "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."
}