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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recall-of-mps-act-2015/schedule-5/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/25",
  "legislation_title": "Recall of MPs Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recall-of-mps-act-2015",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The petition officer must deliver to the Electoral Commission—\n(a) a copy of a recall petition return received by the officer;\n(b) a copy of a declaration, or other document, received by the officer accompanying a recall petition return;\n(c) a copy of a supplementary return received by the officer;\n(d) a copy of a document accompanying such a return and received by the officer in accordance with paragraph 6(3)(b).\n(2) Delivery under sub-paragraph (1) must be as soon as reasonably practicable after the officer receives the document in question.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 8 in force at 4.3.2016 by S.I. 2016/290, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/25/schedule/5/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:49.742869+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."
}