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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-and-elections-act-2009/schedule-6/paragraph-27",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/12",
  "legislation_title": "Political Parties and Elections Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-and-elections-act-2009",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/27",
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  "number": "27",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Schedule 1 (the Electoral Commission) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 3 (term of office etc of Electoral Commissioners)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (3) (circumstances in which Electoral Commissioner ceases to hold office), for “An Electoral Commissioner” there is substituted “ Subject to sub-paragraph (3A), an Electoral Commissioner ”;\n(b) after that sub-paragraph there is inserted—\n“(3A) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (3) does not apply to a nominated Commissioner (within the meaning of section 3A).”\n(3) In paragraph 7 (Assistant Electoral Commissioners), in sub-paragraph (2) (Assistant Electoral Commissioner must be eligible for appointment as Electoral Commissioner), for the words after “he is” there is substituted “ prevented by section 3(4) (read without regard to section 3(4A)) from being appointed as an Electoral Commissioner ”.\n(4) In paragraph 11 (staff)—\n(a) sub-paragraphs (2) and (4) (which are superseded by the provision made by section 7(2) above) are omitted;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (3), for “sub-paragraph (4)” there is substituted “ paragraph 11A(4) ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/12/schedule/6/paragraph/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:05.670691+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."
}