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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-union-referendum-conduct-regulations-2016/schedule-3/paragraph-59",
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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/59",
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  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 7: Scotland",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 116 of the Scotland Regulations (interpretation of Part 7) has effect for the purposes of the referendum with the following modifications.\n(2) Paragraph (1) has effect for those purposes as if—\n(a) for “returning officer” there were substituted “counting officer”, and\n(b) for “rule 58 of the elections rules” there were substituted “by virtue of regulation 56(2)(g) of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”.\n(3) Paragraph (4) has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if for “returning officer” there were substituted “counting officer”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 116 was inserted by regulation 47 of S.I. 2007/925 and was amended by regulations 3 and 7 of S.I. 2008/1901 and regulations 2, 4 and 5 of S.I. 2010/980."
    }
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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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