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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-england-and-wales-rules-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/3304",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) Rules 2006",
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  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Notice of election",
  "text": "(1) The returning officer must publish notice of the election stating—\n(a) the place and times at which nomination papers are to be delivered, and\n(b) the date of the poll in the event of a contest,\nand the notice must state that forms of nomination papers may be obtained at that place and those times.\n(2) The notice of election must state the date by which—\n(a) applications to vote by post or by proxy, and\n(b) other applications and notices about postal or proxy voting,\nmust reach the registration officer in order that they may be effective for the election.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3304/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:13:11.237089+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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