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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012/schedule-3/paragraph-12",
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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/3/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Correction of minor errors",
  "text": "(1) At any time before the publication under rule 13 of the statement of persons nominated, a police area returning officer may correct minor errors in a nomination paper or a home address form.\n(2) Errors that may be corrected include—\n(a) errors as to a person's electoral number;\n(b) obvious errors of spelling in relation to the details of a candidate;\n(c) in the home address form, errors as to the information mentioned in rule 5(7)(b).\n(3) Anything done by a police area returning officer in pursuance of this rule may not be questioned in any proceeding other than proceedings on a PCC election petition.\n(4) A police area returning officer must have regard to any guidance issued by the Commission for the purposes of this rule.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1917/schedule/3/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:24:32.209917+00:00"
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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."
}