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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1985/schedule-1/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1985/schedule-1/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/50",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1985",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Rule 31 shall have effect as if—\n(a) the reference to counting the votes were a reference to counting the ballot papers under this Schedule, and\n(b) references to provisions of section 66 of the principal Act were references to those provisions as they have effect by virtue of paragraph 27 below.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/50/schedule/1/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:04.396505+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."
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