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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-northern-ireland-order-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-49",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2977",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-northern-ireland-order-2010",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/49",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After rule 5(2) (nomination of candidates) insert—\n“(2A) If a candidate commonly uses—\n(a) a surname which is different from any other surname the candidate has, or\n(b) a forename which is different from any other forename the candidate has,\nthe nomination paper may state the commonly used surname or forename in addition to the other name.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Rule 5 was amended by S.I. 2001/417 and S.I. 2010/1178."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2977/schedule/1/paragraph/49",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:22:39.614263+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."
}