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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-wales-rules-2021/schedule-1/paragraph-60M",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-wales-rules-2021/schedule-1/paragraph-60M.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2021/1459",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Wales) Rules 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-wales-rules-2021",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/60M",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "60M",
  "heading": "Order of transfers under rules 60J and 60K",
  "text": "(1) If, at any stage of the count, two or more candidates have surpluses that are to be dealt with under rule 60J or 60K, the transferable papers of the candidate with the largest surplus must be transferred first.\n(2) If the surpluses in respect of two or more candidates are equal, the transferable papers of the candidate who had the highest number of votes at the earliest stage of the count at which they had unequal votes must be transferred first.\n(3) If the votes credited to two or more candidates were equal at all stages of the count—\n(a) the returning officer must decide between those candidates by lot, and\n(b) the transferable papers of the candidate on whom the lot falls must be transferred first.\n(4) For the meaning of “surplus”, see rule 60F.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. 4A inserted (9.10.2023) by The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Single Transferable Vote) (Wales) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/1064), rules 1(2), 4(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/1459/schedule/1/paragraph/60M",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:08:54.669941+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."
}