{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-writs-order-1983/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-writs-order-1983/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1983/605",
  "legislation_title": "The Parliamentary Writs Order 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-writs-order-1983",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Conveyance of writ to appropriate official",
  "text": "(1) As soon as may be after the issue of the writ for a parliamentary election in a constituency, the Clerk of the Crown shall cause a package containing the writ and other items mentioned in paragraph (2) below to be sent by registered post to the postal official appearing from the parliamentary writs list to be charged with the duty of securing the delivery of the writ (in this Order referred to as the “appropriate official”).\n(2) The package referred to in paragraph (1) above shall contain, in addition to the writ—\n(a) instructions from the Post Office to the appropriate official as to the delivery of the writ; and\n(b) a form of receipt for the writ to be signed by the person to whom it is delivered.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/1149",
      "affecting_title": "The Postal Services Act 2000 (Consequential Modifications No. 1) Order 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/1149",
      "affecting_title": "The Postal Services Act 2000 (Consequential Modifications No. 1) Order 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/605/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:03:15.522699+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."
}