{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/schedule-8/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/schedule-8/paragraph-3.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/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 8 of the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1957—\n(a) in subsection (1)—\n(i) for “Act of 1949” substitute “ Act of 1983 ” and for “section 167” substitute “ sections 191 to 196 ”;\n(ii) for the words after “apply to and in respect of ward elections” to the end substitute the words—\n“section 3 (disfranchisement of offenders in prison, etc.);\nsection 6 (residence: merchant seaman);\nsections 14(1) and 15 to 17 (service qualifications and declarations for registration);\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .;\nsection 46 (further provision as to local election voting);\nsection 59 (supplemental provisions as to members of forces and service voters).”\nb), (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) in subsection (4), for “Act of 1949” substitute “ Act of 1983 ” and for “rule 21 of the local elections rules” substitute “ rule 20 of the Local Elections (Principal Areas) Rules 1973 ”;\n(e) in subsection (5), for “Act of 1949” substitute “ Act of 1983 ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 28, Sch. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 3(b)(c) repealed by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 28, Sch. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1957, 5 & 6 Eliz. 2 c.x."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 1973/79."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/schedule/8/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}