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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-amendment-order-2002/article-20",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/834",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) (Amendment) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-amendment-order-2002",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Legal Proceedings",
  "text": "(1) Part IV of the principal Order (Legal Proceedings) shall be amended as follows.\n(2) Omit article 94(8) of the principal Order.\n(3) For article 99 of the principal Order substitute—\n“Petition at issue\n99 (1) The Assembly election petition shall be at issue as from the relevant time, as defined by paragraph (2).\n(2) In this article “the relevant time” means—\n(a) where the petitioner gives the security for costs required by article 98 by a deposit of money equal to the amount of the security required, the time when the security is given; and\n(b) in any other case, the time when—\n(i) the time prescribed for the making of objections under article 98(4) expires, or\n(ii) if such an objection is made, that objection is disallowed or removed, whichever happens later.”.\n(4) Omit articles 110 to 115 of the principal Order.\n(5) Omit article 119(5) of the principal Order.\n(6) Omit article 121(2) to (4) of the principal Order.\n(7) In article 122 of the principal Order—\n(a) in paragraph (3)—\n(i) after “the provisions of” insert “paragraph (3A) and”,\nand\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (a)(v) and (b) omit “New”;\n(b) after paragraph (3) insert—\n“(3A) The incapacities imposed by sub-paragraph (3)(a) apply only to a candidate or other person reported personally guilty of a corrupt practice under article 27.”;\n(c) in paragraph (4)—\n(i) for “five years” substitute “three years”, and\n(ii) after “the provisions of” insert “paragraph (4A) and”; and\n(d) after paragraph (4) insert—\n“(4A) The incapacities imposed by paragraph (4)(a) or, as the case may be, paragraph (4)(b) apply only to a candidate or other person reported personally guilty of an illegal practice under article 28.”;\nbut this paragraph shall not apply in relation to any incapacities arising from a conviction or, as the case may be, a report by an election court where the conviction took place or the report was made before the date this Order comes into force.\n(8) In articles 123(2) and 124(3) of the principal Order for “five years” substitute “three years”, but this paragraph shall not apply in relation to any incapacities arising from a conviction or, as the case may be, a report by an election court where the conviction took place or the report was made before the date this Order comes into force.\n(9) Omit article 131(4) of the principal Order.\n(10) Omit article 138(6) of the principal Order.\n(11) In article 139 of the principal Order, for the words “illegal payment, employment or hiring” wherever they occur substitute “illegal payment or employment”.\n(12) After article 143 of the principal Order insert—\n“Evidence by certificate of electoral registration\n143A The certificate of a registration officer that any person is or is not, or was or was not at any particular time, duly registered in his register of local government electors in respect of any address shall be sufficient evidence of the facts stated in it; and a document purporting to be such a certificate shall be received in evidence and presumed to be such a certificate unless the contrary is proved.”.\n(13) In article 148 of the principal Order—\n(a) in the definition of “declaration as to election expenses” omit “or 57”, and\n(b) in the definition of “return as to election expenses” omit “or 55”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/834/article/20",
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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."
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