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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111142967",
  "legislation_title": "The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016",
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  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/40",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Opening of covering envelopes",
  "text": "Regulation 84 of the relevant regulations (opening of covering envelopes) applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if for “returning officer” (in each place) there were substituted “counting officer”.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 84 of the England and Wales Regulations was amended by regulations 37, 51 and 65(a) of S.I. 2006/2910 and regulation 31 of S.I. 2013/3198. Regulation 84 of the Scotland Regulation was amended by regulations 39 and 54(1) of S.I. 2007/925; regulation 8 of S.I. 2008/305; and regulation 32 of 2013/3206 regulation 54(1) of S.I. 2007/925."
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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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