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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/schedule-2/paragraph-8B",
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  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/8B",
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  "number": "8B",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Provision authorising or requiring a registration officer in determining an application under section 10ZC , 10ZD, 13BD, 13BE or 13C, in prescribed cases, to treat a prescribed person's statement of a fact as sufficient evidence of that fact.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “prescribed” includes of a prescribed description.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 8B 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), ss. 2(4), 27(1) (with Sch. 5); S.I. 2014/414, art. 5(b); S.I. 2014/2439, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 8B(1) substituted (27.8.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 8; S.I. 2022/916, art. 2(e)"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:48.049414+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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