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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-authorities-mayoral-elections-england-and-wales-regulations-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110766904",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007",
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  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Computation of time",
  "text": "(1) In computing any period of time for the purposes of the Timetable—\n(a) a Saturday or Sunday,\n(b) Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday, or\n(c) a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning,\nshall be disregarded, and any such day shall not be treated as a day for the purpose of any proceedings up to the completion of the poll nor shall the returning officer be obliged to proceed with the counting of votes on such a day.\n(2) In this rule, “bank holiday” means a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in England and Wales.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c.80."
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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."
}