{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-amendment-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2022/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-amendment-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2022/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/47",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-amendment-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962",
  "text": "(1) Rule 34(6)(b) of Schedule 5 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (local elections rules) is amended as follows.\n(2) For “a Member State of the European Community” substitute “the United Kingdom or of a member State”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1962 c. 14 (N.I.). Schedule 5 was substituted by S.I. 1985/454 and rule 34(6) was amended by S.I. 1995/1948, 2002/2835, 2003/1245, 2010/2977."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "“member State” is defined for the purposes of Northern Ireland legislation by section 24 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/47/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:04:53.265283+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."
}