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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-constituencies-act-1986/schedule-2A/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-constituencies-act-1986/schedule-2A/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/56",
  "legislation_title": "Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-constituencies-act-1986",
  "path": "schedule/2A/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“the chair” means the person appointed under paragraph 3 above;\n“English region” means a region specified in rule 5(2A) of Schedule 2 as the region existed on the day referred to in rule 5(2) of that Schedule;\n“public hearing” means a hearing under section 5(4)(c) of this Act;\n“qualifying party” means a party that is registered under Part 2 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 and either—\n(a)has at least one Member of the House of Commons representing a constituency in the region, or (as the case may be) the part of the United Kingdom, in which the hearing is held, or\n(b)received at least 10% of the votes cast in that region or part in the most recent parliamentary general election.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2A inserted (16.2.2011) by Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 11 (with s. 13(5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2A para. 9 substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Parliamentary Elections Etc. (Repeal, Revocation, Amendment and Saving Provisions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1310), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1(4) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1389, regs. 1, 2(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2A para. 9 substituted (14.12.2020) by Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 (c. 25), s. 14(2), Sch. para. 5(3) (with s. 13(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:54:00.628020+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."
}