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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/2",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People Act 1983",
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  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Provisions as to the manner in which service declarations, and applications and notices from service voters, are to be transmitted to the registration officer\n(2) Provisions as to the manner in which overseas electors’ declarations and applications from persons making such declarations, are to be transmitted to the registration officer.\n(3) Provision as to the manner in which renewal declarations (within the meaning given by section 1D(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985) are to be transmitted to the registration officer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 4(2) inserted by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 4(7)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 4(3) inserted (6.2.2023) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 7 para. 4(3) (with Sch. 7 para. 13); S.I. 2023/115, reg. 2(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 paras. 4 extended (N.I.) (with modifications) by Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 (c. 3, SIF 42), ss. 2, 13(6), Sch. 1 Pt. I (as amended (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 8, Sch. 3 para. 3(6); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (with art. 2(4)))"
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    },
    {
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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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