{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-elections-rules-2000/schedule-3/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-elections-rules-2000/schedule-3/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/208",
  "legislation_title": "The Greater London Authority Elections Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-elections-rules-2000",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "The official mark",
  "text": "(1) Every ballot paper shall be marked with an official mark, which shall perforate the ballot paper.\n(2) The official mark shall be kept secret, and an interval of not less than five years shall intervene between the use of the same official mark at any Authority election.\n(3) The official mark used for ballot papers issued for the purpose of voting by post shall not be used as the same election for ballot papers issued for the purpose of voting in person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/208/schedule/3/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:02.428569+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."
}