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  "legislation_title": "The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016",
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  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Opening of postal voters’ ballot box",
  "text": "Regulation 83 of the relevant regulations (opening of postal voters’ ballot box) applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if—\n(a) for “returning officer” (in both places) there were substituted “counting officer”, and\n(b) in paragraph (3) for “rule 45 of the elections rules” there were substituted “regulation 46 of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”.",
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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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