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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-union-referendum-conduct-regulations-2016/schedule-3/paragraph-86",
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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/86",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "86",
  "heading": "Notice of issue of postal ballot papers",
  "text": "Regulation 75 of the 2008 Regulations (notice of issue of postal ballot papers) applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if—\n(a) for “returning officer” (in both places) there were substituted “counting officer”,\n(b) for “candidate” (in each place) there were substituted “referendum agent”, and\n(c) in paragraph (3), for “rule 40ZA of the elections rules” there were substituted “regulation 39 of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 75 was amended by regulation 24 of S.I. 2014/1808."
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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."
}