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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-order-2003/article-130",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/284",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-order-2003",
  "path": "article/130",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "130",
  "heading": "Evidence by certificate of holding of Assembly elections",
  "text": "On—\n(a) any prosecution for a corrupt or illegal practice or for any illegal payment, employment or hiring, and\n(b) any proceedings for a penalty under article 55,\nthe certificate of the appropriate returning officer at an Assembly election—\n(i) that the election mentioned in the certificate was duly held, and\n(ii) that the person named in the certificate was a candidate at the election,\nshall be sufficient evidence of the facts stated in it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/284/article/130",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:32:23.668590+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."
}