{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1985/schedule-4/paragraph-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1985/schedule-4/paragraph-48.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/4/paragraph/48",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 136 (security for costs)—\n(a) in subsection (2)(a) (parliamentary elections) for “£1,000” there shall be substituted “such amount not exceeding £5,000 as the High Court or a judge of the High Court, on summons, directs”;\n(b) in subsection (2)(b) (local government elections) for “£500” there shall be substituted “£2,500”;\n(c) in subsection (2)(i)—\n(i) at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “the amount mentioned in paragraph (a) above shall be such amount not exceeding £5,000 as the Court of Session or a judge of the Court of Session directs and”; and\n(ii) for “£500” there shall be substituted “£2,500”;\n(d) for subsection (3) there shall be substituted—\n“(3) Within the prescribed time after giving the security the petitioner shall serve on the respondent in the prescribed manner—\n(a) a notice of the presentation of the petition and of the amount and nature of the security, and\n(b) a copy of the petition.”; and\n(e) the following provisions shall cease to have effect—\n(i) in subsection (4) the words “not exceeding five days after service of the notice”;\n(ii) subsection (5);\n(iii) in subsection (7) the words “not exceeding five days”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/50/schedule/4/paragraph/48",
    "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."
}