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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-union-referendum-conduct-regulations-2016/schedule-3/paragraph-34",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111142967",
  "legislation_title": "The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-union-referendum-conduct-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/34",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Alternative means of returning postal ballot paper or postal voting statement: England and Wales",
  "text": "Regulation 79 of the England and Wales Regulations (alternative means of returning postal ballot paper or postal voting statement) applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if—\n(a) for “returning officer” (in each place) there were substituted “counting officer”,\n(b) in paragraph (1) for “rule 45(1B) of the rules in Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act” there were substituted “regulation 46(3) of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”, and\n(c) in paragraph (3) for “rule 43(1) of the elections rules” there were substituted “regulation 44(1) of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 79 of the England and Wales Regulations was amended by regulation 11 of S.I. 2006/752 and regulation 65 of S.I. 2006/2910. Regulation 79 of the Scotland Regulations was amended by regulation 10 of S.I. 2006/834 and regulation 54 of S.I. 2007/925."
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:08:43.057571+00:00"
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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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