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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/schedule-8/paragraph-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/schedule-8/paragraph-26.json",
  "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/26",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 142(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 , for “Representation of the People Act 1949” substitute “ Representation of the People Act 1983 ”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 8 para. 26 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(b)(d)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/schedule/8/paragraph/26",
    "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."
}