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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025/article-130",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2025/864",
  "legislation_title": "The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025",
  "path": "article/130",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "130",
  "heading": "Evidence by certificate of returning officer",
  "text": "(1) A certificate of the returning officer at a Senedd election specified in paragraph (2), will be sufficient evidence of the facts stated in it for the following purposes—\n(a) any prosecution for a corrupt or illegal practice, or for any illegal payment or employment, and\n(b) any proceedings for a penalty under article 59 (penalty for sitting or voting where no return and declarations are delivered etc.).\n(2) The certificates are those that certify—\n(a) that the election mentioned in the certificate was duly held, and\n(b) that the person named in the certificate was a candidate at the election.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 130 in force at 18.7.2025, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/864/article/130",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:57:06.457930+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."
}