{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-amendment-regulations-1990/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-amendment-regulations-1990/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/561",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-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, 7, 9 to 13, 15 and 28 shall come into force when sections 1 to 4 of the Representation of the People Act 1989 come into force;\n(b) regulations 6, 16 to 18 and 27 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 regulation 27 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) regulation 20 shall come into force on 1st June 1990, except for the purposes of applications received by the registration officer before that date; and\n(d) regulations 21 and 22 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 28."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/561/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:24:07.025504+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."
}