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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-union-referendum-conduct-regulations-2016/schedule-3/paragraph-45",
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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/45",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Lists of rejected postal ballot papers",
  "text": "Regulation 87 of the relevant regulations (lists of rejected postal ballot papers) applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if in paragraph (1) for “In respect of any election, the returning officer” there were substituted “The counting officer”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 87 of the England and Wales Regulations was amended by regulation 65(a) of S.I. 2006/2910 and regulation 34 of S.I. 2013/3198. Regulation 87 of the Scotland Regulations was amended by regulation 54(a) of S.I. 2007/925 and regulation 35 of S.I. 2013/3206."
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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."
}