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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012/schedule-2/paragraph-34",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1917",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/34",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Notification of requirement of secrecy",
  "text": "The local returning officer must make such arrangements as the officer thinks fit to ensure that every person attending the proceedings in connection with the issue or receipt of postal ballot papers has been given a copy in writing of the provisions of paragraphs (6) and (8) of article 22 (requirement of secrecy).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 34 substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), regs. 1(2), 8(6)(c)"
    }
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    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2025/1331",
      "affecting_title": "The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1917/schedule/2/paragraph/34",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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