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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/schedule-2/paragraph-1B",
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  "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/2/paragraph/1B",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1B",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Provision as to the information that a registration officer may or must require persons to give by virtue of regulations under paragraph 1(2), or must provide to persons, when conducting a canvass in Great Britain (whether as part of a canvass form or communication or otherwise).\n(2) Provision authorising or requiring a registration officer in Great Britain to complete canvass forms in part for people.\n(3) Provision as to the form and contents of declarations to be made by those responding to a canvass in Great Britain.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 1B inserted (10.6.2014 for E.W., 15.9.2014 for N.I., 19.9.2014 for S.) by Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6), s. 27(1), Sch. 4 para. 20(3) (with Sch. 5); S.I. 2014/414, art. 5(m); S.I. 2014/2439, art. 2(l)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 1B(1) inserted (31.12.2019) by The Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1451), regs. 1(3), 5(2)"
    }
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      "affecting_title": "Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024"
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      "affecting": "ukpga/1985/50",
      "affecting_title": "Representation of the People Act 1985"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:48.049414+00:00"
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  "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."
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