{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2016/regulation-117",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2016/regulation-117.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/295",
  "legislation_title": "The Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/117",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "117",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part, in the application of—\n(a) regulation 122 (tampering with signing sheets etc.),\n(b) regulation 123 (requirement of secrecy),\n(ba) regulation 123A (influencing persons signing a petition),\n(c) regulation 124 (prohibition on publication of exit polls),\n(d) regulation 131 (details to appear on petition publications),\n(e) regulation 132 (prohibition of paid canvassers),\n(f) regulation 133 (providing money for illegal purposes),\n(g) regulation 137 (absent signing),\nto a petition in Scotland or Northern Ireland, the reference to a fine on a summary conviction is to be read as a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum for Scotland or the statutory maximum for Northern Ireland (as the case may be).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 117(ba) inserted (2.5.2024) by The Mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections, Recall Petitions and Referendums (Ballot Secrecy, Candidates and Undue Influence) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1141), regs. 1(3), 8(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 117 in force at 4.3.2016, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/295/regulation/117",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:26:13.164279+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."
}