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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-transport-working-time-regulations-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/639",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-transport-working-time-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The requirements concerning elections referred to in paragraph 2 are that—\n(a) the number of representatives to be elected is determined by the employer;\n(b) the candidates for election as representatives of the workforce are relevant members of the workforce, and candidates for election as representatives of the group are members of the group;\n(c) no worker who is eligible to be a candidate is unreasonably excluded from standing for election;\n(d) all the relevant members of the workforce are entitled to vote for representatives of the workforce, and all the members of a particular group are entitled to vote for representatives of the group;\n(e) the workers entitled to vote may vote for as many candidates as there are representatives to be elected; and\n(f) the election is conducted so as to secure that -\n(i) so far as is reasonably practicable, those voting do so in secret, and\n(ii) the votes given at the election are fairly and accurately counted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/639/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:04:41.647517+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."
}