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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-entry-to-negotiations-etc-act-1996-repealed/section-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/11",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations, etc) Act 1996 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-entry-to-negotiations-etc-act-1996-repealed",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "“Nominating representative” of a party.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act “nominating representative” in relation to a party means the person who at any time appears to the Secretary of State to be the leader of the party or otherwise the most appropriate person to act on behalf of the party for the purposes of this Act.\n(2) The Secretary of State shall cause to be published in the Belfast Gazette—\n(a) an initial list of the nominating representatives of the parties listed in Part II of Schedule 1;\n(b) notice of any change in the nominating representative of any of those parties.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/11/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:21.724488+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."
}