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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-postal-and-proxy-voting-etc-amendment-regulations-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-18/enacted",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1147",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-postal-and-proxy-voting-etc-amendment-regulations-2023/enacted",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“2012 Order” means the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012;\n“ongoing PCC election” means a relevant PCC election for which the date of poll as specified in the notice of election is on or after 31st January 2024;\n“PCC election” has the meaning given in article 2(1) of the 2012 Order;\n“relevant PCC election” means a PCC election for which the notice of election is published in accordance with rule 4 of Schedule 3 to the 2012 Order on or before 30th January 2024;\n“transitional period” means the period—\nbeginning with 31st October 2023, and\nending with—\nfor the purposes of an ongoing PCC election, the day after the day of poll for that election;\nfor all other purposes, 31st January 2024.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "enacted",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 18 in force at 31.10.2023, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1147/schedule/2/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:39:17.151575+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."
}