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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-england-and-wales-amendment-rules-2015/rule-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/103",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-england-and-wales-amendment-rules-2015",
  "path": "rule/2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) Rules 2006",
  "text": "In the Appendix of Forms in Schedule 2 (Rules for Conduct of an Election of Councillors of a Principal Area where Poll is not taken together with Poll at another Election)—\n(1) (a) in the “Form of Candidate’s Consent to Nomination” in the “Back of form”—\n(i) for “and section 79” substitute “, sections 78A and 79”;\n(ii) after “Local Government Act 2000” insert “and section 34 of the Localism Act 2011”;\n(2) (b) for the following forms substitute the corresponding forms in Schedule 1 to these Rules—\n(i) Form of Front of Ballot Paper;\n(ii) Directions as to Printing the Ballot Paper.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/103/rule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:49:20.301896+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."
}