{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-and-parishes-and-communities-amendment-england-and-wales-rules-2006/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/390",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Principal Areas and Parishes and Communities) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-and-parishes-and-communities-amendment-england-and-wales-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment to polling hours in the Principal Areas Rules",
  "text": "(1) The Principal Areas Rules shall be amended as follows.\n(2) In Schedule 2—\n(a) in the table in rule 1 (Timetable), for “8 in the morning and 9 at night” substitute “7 in the morning and 10 at night”;\n(b) in the Appendix of Forms—\n(i) in the Elector’s official poll card, in that part relating to polling hours, for “8 a.m. to 9 p.m. substitute “7 a.m. to 10 p.m.”; and\n(ii) in the Proxy’s official poll card, for “The poll will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.” substitute “The poll will be open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.”.\n(3) In Schedule 3—\n(a) In the table in rule 1 (Timetable), for “Between the hours of 8” to “during those hours.” substitute “Between the hours of 7 in the morning and 10 at night on the day of the election.”;\n(b) in the Appendix of Forms—\n(i) in the Elector’s official poll card, in that part relating to polling hours, for “*[7][8] a.m. to *[9][10]p.m.” substitute “7 a.m. to 10 p.m.” and omit the corresponding instruction “*delete as appropriate”; and\n(ii) in the Proxy’s official poll card, for “*[7][8] a.m. to [9][10]p.m.” substitute “7 a.m. to 10 p.m.” and omit the corresponding instruction “*delete as appropriate”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/390/article/2",
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  },
  "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."
}