{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021/schedule-2/rule-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021/schedule-2/rule-12.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/2/rule/12",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Withdrawal of candidates",
  "text": "(1) A candidate may withdraw from candidature by giving a notice of withdrawal to the returning officer.\n(2) The notice of withdrawal must be signed by the candidate in the presence of a witness who must attest the candidate’s signature.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 rule 12 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/2/rule/12",
    "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."
}