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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-union-referendum-conduct-regulations-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111142967",
  "legislation_title": "The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/6",
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  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Loan of equipment",
  "text": "Section 47 of the 1983 Act applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if—\n(a) in subsection (1) the reference to the returning officer at a local government election included a counting officer for the referendum for a voting area anywhere in the United Kingdom, and\n(b) in subsection (2) the reference to the returning officer at an election mentioned there included a counting officer for the referendum for a voting area in England, Wales or Scotland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 47 was amended by article 4 of S.I. 1991/1728 and paragraph 6(1) and (4) of Schedule 21 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.41). There are other amendments to section 47 that are not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
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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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