{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-polling-station-scheme-northern-ireland-regulations-2010/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-polling-station-scheme-northern-ireland-regulations-2010/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/1532",
  "legislation_title": "The Electoral Law (Polling Station Scheme) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-polling-station-scheme-northern-ireland-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Publication of draft scheme",
  "text": "(1) The Chief Electoral Officer must publish a draft scheme on or before 1st December in a draft scheme year.\n(2) The draft scheme must be published by making it available as follows—\n(a) it must be available for inspection at the offices of the Chief Electoral Officer during normal office hours;\n(b) it must be published on the Chief Electoral Officer's website; and\n(c) so far as it is reasonable and practicable to do so, a copy of the draft scheme or the relevant part of the draft scheme must be provided on request.\n(3) In this regulation—\n“draft scheme year” means a year in which the Chief Electoral Officer is required to publish a draft scheme under section 65(1A) of the 1962 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 65(1A) was inserted by S.I. 1972/1264 (N.I. 13) and amended by S.I. 1972/1998 (N.I. 21) and S.I. 2009/3014."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1532/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:39:32.353317+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."
}