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  "legislation_title": "The Business Improvement Districts (Scotland) Regulations 2007",
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  "text": "(1) Nothing is to be printed on the ballot paper except in accordance with this paragraph.\n(2) Each ballot paper may have a number or barcode printed on the back.\n(3) The box in which a vote may be marked on the ballot paper shall not be less than 1.5 centimetres square.\n(4) All of the words on the ballot paper shall appear in the same size type.\n(5) Each ballot paper for a BID ballot, or a re ballot in relation to a BID ballot (as the case may be), shall include the following wording, or wording substantially to the like effect–",
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      "type": "rev in pt (1.1.2009)",
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      "type": "Sch. 2 para. 10(2)(b) renumbered as. Sch. 2 para. 10(2)(a)",
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      "type": "Sch. 2 para. 10(2)(c) renumbered as. Sch. 2 para. 10(2)(b)",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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