{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-elections-amendment-rules-2026/rule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-elections-amendment-rules-2026/rule-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/450",
  "legislation_title": "The Greater London Authority Elections (Amendment) Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-elections-amendment-rules-2026",
  "path": "rule/1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, extent, saving and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Greater London Authority Elections (Amendment) Rules 2026 and come into force on 15th May 2026.\n(2) These Rules extend to England and Wales only.\n(3) These Rules do not apply to an Authority election for which the notice of election is published before the day on which these Rules come into force.\n(4) In paragraph (3), “Authority election” has the meaning given in rule 2(1) of the 2007 Rules.\n(5) In these Rules, “the 2007 Rules” means the Greater London Authority Elections Rules 2007.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See (as the case may be) rule 5 of Schedule 1, rule 5 of Schedule 2, rule 5 of Schedule 3, rule 5 of Schedule 5, rule 5 of Schedule 6 or rule 5 of Schedule 7 to the 2007 Rules."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/3541, amended by S.I. 2022/1111; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/450/rule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:02:15.532269+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."
}