{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-amendment-regulations-1990/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-amendment-regulations-1990/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/520",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-amendment-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "These Regulations shall come into force forthwith, except that:\n(a) regulations 4, 8, 10 to 14, 16 and 37 shall come into force when sections 1 to 4 of the Representation of the People Act 1989 come into force;\n(b) regulations 5, 7, 17 to 20 and 33 to 36 shall come into force on the expiry of the period of one month commencing with the day on which these Regulations are made, except that regulations 5 and 33 to 36 shall not apply in respect of an election if the date by which notice of election for that election is required to be published preceded the expiry of that period;\n(c) regulations 21 and 22(1), (2) and (3)(a) shall come into force on 1st July 1990, except in respect of an election if the date by which notice of election for that election is required to be published preceded that day; and\n(d) regulations 24, 26, 28(1), 29, 30(1) and (3)(a) and 31(1) shall come into force on 1st April 1990.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 28"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/520/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:25:00.747656+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."
}