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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-national-assembly-for-wales-referendum-assembly-act-provisions-referendum-question-date-of-referendum-etc-order-2010/article-10",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2010/9780111503072",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assembly for Wales Referendum (Assembly Act Provisions) (Referendum Question, Date of Referendum Etc.) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-national-assembly-for-wales-referendum-assembly-act-provisions-referendum-question-date-of-referendum-etc-order-2010",
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  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Counting officers",
  "text": "(1) If a counting officer for a voting area dies, resigns or is removed from office, the Chief Counting Officer must appoint another person to be the counting officer for that area.\n(2) The counting officer for each voting area must, as regards that area, do all such acts and things as may be necessary for effectually conducting the referendum in the manner provided by this Order.\n(3) A counting officer for each voting area is responsible, as regards that area, for—\n(a) the conduct of the poll;\n(b) the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers for absent voters in the referendum;\n(c) the verification of the ballot paper accounts at the poll; and\n(d) the counting of the votes cast in the poll.\n(4) A counting officer may, in writing, authorise any person appointed by the counting officer to exercise any of the counting officer’s functions.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111503072/article/10",
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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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