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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/schedule-7/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/32",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In relation to any time before the coming into force of section 21 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, paragraph 7(13) of Schedule 1 shall have effect as if for the definition of “nominating officer” there were substituted—\n““nominating officer” means—\n(a) in relation to a registered party, the registered nominating officer or a member of the Assembly nominated by him for the purpose;\n(b) in relation to any other political party, the person who appears to the Secretary of State to be the leader of the party, or a member of the Assembly nominated by that person for the purpose;\n“registered” means registered under the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 or the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2000 c."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1998 c. 48."
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    {
      "type": "M",
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      "text": "2000 c."
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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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