{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/part-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/part-III.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/2",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983",
  "path": "part/III",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "Legal Proceedings",
  "text": null,
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 17(1) substituted (29.1.2001 for certain purposes and 16.2.2001 otherwise) by 2000 c. 2, s. 8(a), Sch. 1 para. 10; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2) (with art. 2(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 3 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) by S.I. 1987/1, rules 2, 6 and S.I. 1986/2215, rules 2, 9 (which S.I. was revoked (2.1.2007) by S.I. 2006/3305, rule1(4), Sch. 1)Pt. 3 applied (17.2.1994) by S.I. 1994/342, regs. 1(2)(3), 2(2), 11(2)Pt. 3 extended (28.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/1214 reg. 5(3) (which S.I. was revoked (23.3.2004) by S.I. 2004/293, reg. 126)Pt. 3 extended (9.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1184 reg. 7(2)Pt. 3 extended (E.W.) (1.2.2002) by The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/185), reg. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 3: power to apply conferred (S.) (14.9.2006) by Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9), ss. 3(4), 17(2); S.S.I. 2006/470, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Pt. 3 modified (E.W.) (2.1.2007 for certain purposes) by The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) Rules 2006 (S.I. 2006/3305), rule 1(2)(3), 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Pt. 3 applied in part (with modifications) (S.) (17.2.2007 except for specified purposes) by The Scottish Local Government Elections Order 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/42), art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Pt. 3 (ss. 120-186) applied (S.) (12.10.2009) by The Health Board Elections (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/352), reg. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Pt. 3 applied in part (10.11.2011 except for the purposes of any election to be held on or before 2.5.2012) by The Scottish Local Government Elections Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/399), arts. 1(1), 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Pt. 3 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (31.1.2017) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/67), arts. 1, 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "Pts. 2, 3 applied (with modifications) (W.) (17.12.2021) by The Local Elections (Communities) (Wales) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/1460), rules 1, 6(1) (with rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "Pt. 3 applied (with modifications) (4.3.2016) by The Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/295), reg. 1, Sch. 4 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 4 para. 2) (as amended (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Postal Vote Handling and Secrecy) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1225), reg. 10(23))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/part/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:48.049414+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."
}