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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-england-and-wales-amendment-rules-2015/rule-3",
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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/3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) Rules 2006",
  "text": "In the Appendix of Forms in Schedule 3 (Rules for Conduct of an Election of Councillors of a Principal Area where the Poll is taken together with the Poll at a Relevant Election or Referendum)—\n(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(b) for the following forms substitute the corresponding forms in Schedule 2 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/3",
    "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."
}