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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/schedule-2/paragraph-5A",
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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/5A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Provision requiring applications under paragraph 3 or 4 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 orsection 6 or 7 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 to be attested and limiting the number of such applications that a person may attest.\n(2) Provision requiring a person applying under paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 orsection 7 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 to do so in person, producing a document of a prescribed description.\n(3) Provision as to the evidence which shall or may be required, or be deemed sufficient or conclusive evidence, in connection with a person’s application to vote by proxy or to vote by post as elector or as proxy.\n(4) Provision authorising or requiring registration officers—\n(a) to make inquiries of persons included in the record kept under paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 orsection 6(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 for the purpose of determining whether there has been a material change of circumstances; and\n(b) to treat failure to respond to such inquiries as sufficient evidence of such a change.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5A inserted by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 11, Sch. 2 para. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 5A(1)(2)(4) inserted (29.1.2001 for certain purposes and otherwise 16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 2, s. 15, Sch. 6 para. 11(2); S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2) (with ss. 2(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5A 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 (29.1.2001 for certain purposes and otherwise 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)))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 5A applied (N.I.) (prosp.) by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), ss. 10, Sch. 1 para. 28"
    }
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      "affecting_title": "Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024"
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    {
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      "affecting": "ukpga/1985/50",
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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."
}