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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
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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/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Provisions as to the evidence which shall or may be required, or be deemed sufficient or conclusive evidence, of a person’s service declaration having ceased to be in force.\n(1A) Provisions as to the evidence which shall or may be required, or be deemed sufficient or conclusive evidence, of a person satisfying any of the requirements for qualifying as an overseas elector in respect of any constituency.\n(1AA) The provision that may be made under sub-paragraph (1A) includes provision authorising a registration officer, despite provision contained in regulations made by virtue of that sub-paragraph—\n(a) to require such other kind of evidence as the officer considers appropriate, or\n(b) to deem such other kind of evidence as the officer considers appropriate to be sufficient or conclusive evidence.\n(1B) Provisions as to the evidence which shall or may be deemed sufficient or conclusive evidence that a person's safety would be at risk as mentioned in section 9B(10) of this Act.\n(2) Provisions as to the evidence of age or nationality which may be required by the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland in connection with a person’s registration otherwise than as a service voter or with his appointment as a proxy.\n(3) Provisions requiring any fee payable in connection with the making for the purpose of the regulations of any statutory declaration to be paid by the registration officer.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5(1A) inserted by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 4(7)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5(1AA) inserted (6.2.2023) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 7 para. 4(4) (with Sch. 7 para. 13); S.I. 2023/115, reg. 2(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5(1B) inserted (E.W.S.) (1.1.2007) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 10(2), 77, Sch. 1 para. 15(5); S.I. 2006/3412, art. 3, Sch. 1 paras. 1, 12(a) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 6, Sch. 2) (extended to N.I. (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 2(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 5(2) 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(6) (with Sch. 5); S.I. 2014/414, art. 5(m); S.I. 2014/2439, art. 2(l)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5(4) repealed by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), ss. 11, 28, Sch. 2 para. 8, Sch. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 paras. 3–11A extended (N.I.) (with modifications) by Elected Authorities (29.1.2001 for certain purposes and otherwise 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)(2) (with art. 2(4)))"
    }
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    {
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      "affecting": "asc/2024/5",
      "affecting_title": "Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024"
    },
    {
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      "affecting_title": "Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024"
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    {
      "type": "applied",
      "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."
}