{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/section-127",
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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": "section/127",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "127",
  "heading": "Electoral regulations.",
  "text": "(1) Without prejudice to section seventeen of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland), 1954 1954 c.33, the Ministry may by electoral regulations make provision—\n(a) for anything which under this Act is to be prescribed;\n(b) for anything which appears to the Ministry to be necessary for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act; and\n(c) subject to any enactment of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the time being in force, for the making of arrangements whereby—\n(i) registers prepared for the purposes of any such enactment may be utilised for the purposes of this Act;\n(ii) registers prepared for the purposes of this Act may be adapted and utilised for the purposes of any such enactment.\n(2) All regulations made under this Act shall be made by the Ministry and shall be subject to negative resolution.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1962/14/section/127",
    "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."
}