{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-2000/schedule-3/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/2",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-2000",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 1 (local electors in Northern Ireland), for subsections (1) and (2) substitute—\n“(1) A person is entitled to vote as an elector at a local election in any district electoral area if on the date of the poll he—\n(a) is registered in the register of local electors for that area;\n(b) is not subject to any legal incapacity to vote (age apart);\n(c) is a Commonwealth citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or a relevant citizen of the Union, and\n(d) is of the age of eighteen or over.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 2 wholly in force at 16.2.2001, see s. 17(3) and S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to art 2(3-5))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/2/schedule/3/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:30.953153+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."
}