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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-voting-system-and-constituencies-act-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-41",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/1",
  "legislation_title": "Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011",
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  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/41",
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  "number": "41",
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  "text": "(1) A person within paragraph (2) who is present at the completion of the counting (or any re-count) of the votes in a voting area may require the counting officer to have the votes for that area re-counted (or again re-counted), but the counting officer may refuse to do so if in the officer's opinion the requirement is unreasonable.\n(2) The persons within this paragraph are—\n(a) referendum agents;\n(b) counting agents who, in relation to the count (or re-count), are designated under rule 18(2).\n(3) No step is to be taken on the completion of the counting (or any re-count) of the votes until the persons within paragraph (2) present at its completion have been given a reasonable opportunity to exercise the right conferred by this rule.\n(4) A counting officer may not conduct a re-count once a direction has been given under rule 43(3)(b).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/schedule/2/paragraph/41",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:42.827630+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."
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