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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/schedule-8/paragraph-20",
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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/8/paragraph/20",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Part III of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975—\n(a) for the reference to “Registration Officer appointed under Part IIIof the Local Government Act 1972” substitute “ Registration Officer appointed under section 8(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 ”;\n(b) for the reference to “Returning Officer under section 17(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1949 and any Deputy Returning Officer appointed by him” substitute “ Returning Officer under section 25(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 and any Deputy Returning Officer appointed by him. ”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1949 c. 68."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/schedule/8/paragraph/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:48.049414+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}