{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/section-64",
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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/64",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "64",
  "heading": "Offices of returning officers at local elections.",
  "text": "The returning officer… shall appoint to be his principal office for the purpose of [ a local election] a place situate—\n(a) within the local government electoral area for which the election is to be held;\nParas.(b)(c) rep. by 1972 NI 13\nand may appoint to be subsidiary offices for the said purpose such other places situate within the area for which the election is to be held as he may think necessary.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1972 NI 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1972 NI 13"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1962/14/section/64",
    "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."
}