{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-miscellaneous-provisions-act-2006/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-miscellaneous-provisions-act-2006/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/33",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-miscellaneous-provisions-act-2006",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Abolition of annual canvass",
  "text": "(1) Amend section 10 of the 1983 Act (maintenance of registers: annual canvass) as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1), after “registration officer” insert “ in Great Britain ”.\n(3) After subsection (1) insert—\n“(1A) The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland must conduct a canvass in Northern Ireland in such years as are determined in accordance with section 10ZA.”\n(4) In subsection (2)—\n(a) for “for any year” substitute “ under subsection (1) or (1A) ”, and\n(b) for “that year” substitute “ the year in which it is conducted ”.\n(5) In the heading, for “annual canvass” substitute “ duty to conduct canvass ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/33/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:10.107760+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."
}