{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021/schedule-1/rule-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021/schedule-1/rule-24.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2021/1460",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Communities) (Wales) Rules 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021",
  "path": "schedule/1/rule/24",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "The official mark",
  "text": "(1) Each ballot paper must contain an appropriate security marking (“the official mark”).\n(2) The official mark must be kept secret.\n(3) An interval of not less than five years must intervene between the use of the same official mark at elections for the same community.\n(4) The returning officer may use a different official mark for different purposes at the same election.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 rule 24 in force at 17.12.2021, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/1460/schedule/1/rule/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:08:52.467745+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."
}