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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recess-elections-act-1975/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recess-elections-act-1975/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/66",
  "legislation_title": "Recess Elections Act 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recess-elections-act-1975",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Acceptance of office.",
  "text": "(1) A Member of the House of Commons who accepts a disqualifying office shall forthwith give written notice of his acceptance to the Speaker; and the notice may be given by signing a certificate of vacancy.\n(2) Where a seat becomes vacant on a Member’s acceptance of a disqualifying office, the Speaker shall not issue a warrant under section 1 above unless the certificate of vacancy is accompanied by a copy of the issue of the London, Edinburgh or Belfast Gazette in which the Member’s appointment to that office was gazetted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/66/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:36:04.744824+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."
}