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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-amendment-regulations-2010/regulation-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/278",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-northern-ireland-amendment-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Amendment of rule 37(1E) of the elections rules",
  "text": "(1) Amend rule 37(1E) of the elections rules as follows.\n(2) After sub-paragraph (k) insert—\n“(l) a 60+ SmartPass issued under the Northern Ireland Concessionary Fares Scheme for use from 1st October 2008;”.\n(3) At the end of paragraph (1E)—\n(a) omit “(excluding a provisional licence),”; and\n(b) after “in force” insert “and includes a Community licence within the meaning of those enactments”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Rule 37 of the elections rules was substituted for England, Wales and Scotland by section 47 of, and paragraph 75 of Schedule 1 to, the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22) (“2006 Act”). However, this substitution did not extend to Northern Ireland (see paragraph 75(2) of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Act). Paragraphs (1A) to (1G) were inserted for Northern Ireland by section 1 of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 (c. 2). Sub-paragraph (IE)(a) was substituted, and sub-paragraphs (1E)(c) to (g) were repealed, by S.I. 2003/1156. Sub-paragraphs (1E)(f) and (g) were substituted for Northern Ireland by regulation 14 of S.I. 2001/400. Sub-paragraph (1E)(h) was inserted in relation to Northern Ireland by section 4 of the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 13). Sub-paragraph (1E)(i) was inserted in relation to Northern Ireland by S.I.2002/1873. In paragraph (1E) from the words “in sub-paragraph (a)” to “being in force” were substituted by S.I. 2003/1156. Sub-paragraphs (1E)(a), (b) and (h) were amended by; 1E(j) and (k) inserted by; and the words “Article 12” at the end of paragraph 1E omitted by, S.I. 2008/1741."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/278/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:53:33.211714+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."
}