{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/section-18E",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/section-18E.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": "section/18E",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18E",
  "heading": "Sections 18A to 18D: supplemental",
  "text": "(1) This section applies for the purposes of sections 18A to 18D.\n(2) No election is to be questioned by reason of—\n(a) any non-compliance with the provisions of those sections, or\n(b) any informality relative to polling districts or polling places.\n(3) Each of the following is a relevant authority—\n(a) in relation to England, the council of a district or London borough;\n(b) in relation to Scotland, a local authority;\n(c) in relation to Wales, the council of a county or county borough;\n(d) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 17(1) substituted (29.1.2001 for certain purposes and 16.2.2001 otherwise) by 2000 c. 2, s. 8(a), Sch. 1 para. 10; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2) (with art. 2(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Ss. 18A-18E substituted (1.1.2007 for E.W.S. and 1.7.2008 for N.I.) for s. 18 by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 16(1), 77; S.I. 2006/3412, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 14(c) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 6, Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/1316, arts 2, 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 18E(3)(d) inserted (12.12.2013) by The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3156), arts. 1(1), 9(6)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 18E(4) omitted (12.12.2013) by virtue of The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3156), arts. 1(1), 9(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 18E applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2001/2599, art. 3, Sch. 1 (as substituted (10.2.2009) by S.I. 2009/256, arts. 1(2), 3, Sch. 1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/section/18E",
    "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."
}