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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-union-referendum-conduct-regulations-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-34",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111142967",
  "legislation_title": "The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016",
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  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Saving for employees to be absent for voting",
  "text": "Section 117(2) of the 1983 Act applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if—\n(a) for “parliamentary electors or their proxies” there were substituted “persons entitled to vote (on their own behalf or as proxies)”,\n(b) the words “at a parliamentary election” were omitted, and\n(c) in paragraphs (b) and (c), for “any particular candidate at the election” there were substituted “a particular answer in the referendum”.",
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  "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."
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