{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021/schedule-2/rule-41",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021/schedule-2/rule-41.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/41",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Challenge of voter",
  "text": "A person must not be prevented from voting by reason only that either or both of the following apply—\n(a) a candidate, a candidate’s election agent (if appointed) or a candidate’s polling agent declares that they have reasonable cause to believe that the person has committed an offence of personation;\n(b) the person is arrested on the grounds that they are suspected of committing or being about to commit an offence of personation.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 rule 41 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/41",
    "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."
}