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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-parishes-and-communities-england-and-wales-amendment-rules-2015/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/104",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-parishes-and-communities-england-and-wales-amendment-rules-2015",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules make changes to the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) Rules 2006 (S.I. 2006/3305) (the “2006 Rules”).\nRule 2(2) makes a consequential amendment to Schedule 2 to the 2006 Rules. Rule 2(3)(a) amends the statutory references on the back of the Form of Candidates’ Consent to Nomination so that they are consistent with rule 7 of Schedule 2 to the 2006 Rules, as amended by the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/492). Rule 2(3)(b) amends the Form of Ballot Paper in Schedule 2 to the 2006 Rules to remove the numbers against candidates’ names and inserts revised printing directions.\nRule 3(2) makes a consequential amendment to Schedule 3 to the 2006 Rules. Rule 3(3)(a) amends the statutory references on the back of the Form of Candidates’ Consent to Nomination so that they are consistent with rule 7 of Schedule 3 to the 2006 Rules, as amended by the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/492). Rule 3(3)(c) amends the Form of Ballot Paper in Schedule 3 to the 2006 Rules to remove the numbers against candidates’ names and inserts revised printing directions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/104/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:49:19.598662+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."
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