{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-and-greater-london-authority-elections-coronavirus-nomination-of-candidates-amendment-england-rules-2021/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-and-greater-london-authority-elections-coronavirus-nomination-of-candidates-amendment-england-rules-2021/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2021/160",
  "legislation_title": "The Local and Greater London Authority Elections (Coronavirus, Nomination of Candidates) (Amendment) (England) Rules 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-and-greater-london-authority-elections-coronavirus-nomination-of-candidates-amendment-england-rules-2021",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) Rules 2006",
  "text": "(1) The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) Rules 2006 are amended as follows.\n(2) In Schedule 2 (rules for conduct of an election of councillors of a principal area where poll is not taken together with poll at another election), in rule 6 (subscription of nomination paper)—\n(a) in paragraph (1), omit from “, and” to the end;\n(b) in paragraph (2)—\n(i) for “, seconding or assenting to” substitute “or seconding”;\n(ii) omit “or signatures (up to the required number)”.\n(3) In Schedule 3 (rules for conduct of an election of councillors of a principal area where the poll is taken together with the poll at a relevant election or referendum), in rule 6 (subscription of nomination paper)—\n(a) in paragraph (1), omit from “, and” to the end;\n(b) in paragraph (2)—\n(i) for “, seconding or assenting to” substitute “or seconding”;\n(ii) omit “or signatures (up to the required number)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/3304, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Rules."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/160/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:17:20.554264+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."
}