{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1985/schedule-4/paragraph-83",
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  "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/83",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "83",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Schedule 1 in rule 53—\n(a) in paragraph (2) (return of deposit) for the words “as soon as practicable after” there shall be substituted the words “not later than the next day after that on which”;\n(b) after that paragraph there shall be inserted—\n“(2A) For the purposes of paragraph (2) above—\n(a) a day shall be disregarded if it would be disregarded under rule 2 above in computing any period of time for the purposes of the timetable for an election of the kind in question; and\n(b) the deposit shall be treated as being returned on a day if a cheque for the amount of the deposit is posted on that day.”.",
  "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/83",
    "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."
}