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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-50",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/497",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/50",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part IV",
  "text": "In this Part of these Regulations–\n“Schedule 4” means Schedule 4 to the 2000 Act; and\n“absent voter” means an elector who is entitled to vote by proxy or an elector or proxy who is entitled to vote by post;\n“allotted polling station” has the meaning set out in regulation 53(7) below.\n“the maximum period” means the period specified in paragraph 3(1A)(a) or (1B)(a) of Schedule 4.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 50 inserted (8.2.2008) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/305), regs. 1(1), 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 50 inserted (31.10.2023) by The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1147), regs. 1(2), 10(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 50 in force at 16.2.2001, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/497/regulation/50",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:01:49.998694+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."
}