{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-northern-ireland-order-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-northern-ireland-order-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-24.json",
  "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/2/paragraph/24",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Paragraph 12 (spoilt postal ballot paper) is amended as follows.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1)—\n(a) after “the spoilt postal ballot paper” on the second occasion on which it appears insert “ and ”; and\n(b) omit the words “the ballot paper envelope and the covering envelope”.\n(3) In sub-paragraph (2) for “unless the documents are received too late for another postal ballot paper to be returned before the close of the poll” substitute “ except where those documents are received after 5 p.m. on the day before the day of the poll ”.\n(4) In sub-paragraph (3)—\n(a) after “the spoilt postal ballot paper” insert “ and ”; and\n(b) omit the words “and the ballot paper envelope”.\n(5) After sub-paragraph (4) insert—\n“(5) Where a postal voter applies in person, the returning officer may hand a replacement postal ballot paper to him instead of delivering it in accordance with paragraph 9.\n(6) The returning officer shall enter in a list kept for the purpose (“the list of spoilt ballot papers”)—\n(a) the name and address of the elector as stated in the register;\n(b) the number of any postal ballot paper issued under this paragraph; and\n(c) where the postal voter whose ballot paper is spoilt is a proxy, his name and address.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2977/schedule/2/paragraph/24",
    "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."
}