{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/schedule-1/part-n7/paragraph-n3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/schedule-1/part-n7/paragraph-n3.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": "schedule/1/part/n7/paragraph/n3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where a candidate commonly uses a name or names—\n(a) that are different from the candidate’s full names as stated on the nomination paper, or\n(b) in a different way from the candidate’s full names as stated on the nomination paper,\nthe commonly used name or names may also appear on the nomination paper; but if they do so, the commonly used name or names (instead of any other name) will appear on the ballot paper.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Appendix of Forms, Form of nomination paper, Note: paras. 2A, 2B inserted (1.1.2007 for E.W.S. and 1.7.2008 for N.I.) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 21(5), 77; S.I. 2006/3412, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 14(h) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 6, Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/1316, arts. 2, 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Appendix of Forms, Form of nomination paper, Note 2A substituted (1.11.2023) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), ss. 10(4), 67(1); S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 3(b) (with Sch. para. 1(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2006/22",
      "affecting_title": "Electoral Administration Act 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "modified",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1985/50",
      "affecting_title": "Representation of the People Act 1985"
    },
    {
      "type": "modified",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1985/50",
      "affecting_title": "Representation of the People Act 1985"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/schedule/1/part/n7/paragraph/n3",
    "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."
}