{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-northern-ireland-order-1985/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-northern-ireland-order-1985/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1985/454",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-northern-ireland-order-1985",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Deposit",
  "text": "(1) In section 60 of the Act of 1962 (candidates' deposit), in subsection (1) after the word “election” there shall be inserted the words “(other than a local election)”; and in subsection (3), paragraph (b) shall cease to have effect.\n(2) In section 61 of the Act of 1962 (return or disposal of deposit)—\n(a) in subsection (1) the words “or Local Elections Rules as the case may be”,\n(b) in subsection (3), paragraph (b),\n(c) in subsection (5), paragraph (b), and\n(d) in subsection (8), paragraph (c),\nshall cease to have effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/454/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:15:19.409580+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."
}