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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-voting-system-and-constituencies-act-2011/schedule-8/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation_title": "Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011",
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  "number": "2",
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  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“Assembly election” means an election to the Northern Ireland Assembly;\n“Assembly Elections Rules” means the parliamentary elections rules as applied for the purposes of Assembly elections by Article 3(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2599);\n“Chief Electoral Officer” means the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland;\n“counting agent” means a counting agent for the referendum or a counting agent for a relevant election (except where one or other is specified);\n“local election” has the meaning given in section 130(1) of the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962;\n“Local Elections Rules” means the rules set out in Schedule 5 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962.",
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  "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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