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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-authorities-conduct-of-referendums-england-regulations-2007/schedule-5/paragraph-47",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110770642",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2007",
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  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/47",
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  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Retention of documents",
  "text": "The relevant registration officer must retain for one year all documents relating to a referendum forwarded to him in pursuance of these Rules by the relevant returning or counting officer and the counting officer and then, unless otherwise directed by an order of a county court, the Crown Court, a magistrates’ court or an election court, must cause them to be destroyed.",
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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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