{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/section-11B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/section-11B.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": "section/11B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11B",
  "heading": "Initial response to vacancy",
  "text": "(1) On receipt of a notice of a casual vacancy to which section 11(4)(a) or (b) applies from the clerk of a district council under section 11(4AB) the Chief Electoral Officer must determine, by reference to the statement of persons nominated for the purposes of the last election to the seat, whether the previous member—\n(a) stood as an independent when elected (see section 11D),\n(b) stood in the name of a registered party when elected (see section 11E), or\n(c) stood in the name of two or more registered parties when elected (see section 11F).\n(2) This section is subject to sections 11H (transitional provision for previously co-opted members) and 11J (transitional provision for elected members).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 11A-11H, 11J, 11K inserted (1.4.2010) by Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1178), arts. 1(2), 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1962/14/section/11B",
    "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."
}