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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-negotiations-referendum-order-1998/schedule-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1998/0110659333",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Negotiations (Referendum) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-northern-ireland-negotiations-referendum-order-1998",
  "path": "schedule/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "APPLICATION WITH MODIFICATIONS OF PROVISIONS OF THE 1983 ACT, THE ELECTIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ACT 1985 AND THE 1985 ACT",
  "text": "Provision applied\nModification\nI: REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT 1983\nIn section 18 (polling districts and places at parliamentary elections), subsections (1), (7) and (9)\nSection 23 (rules for parliamentary elections)\nSection 29 (Payments by and to returning officer)\nSubsections (1), (2) and (4B) shall be omitted.\nIn subsection (5), for the words from “charged on” to “before” there shall be substituted “paid by the Secretary of State on an account being submitted to him, but he may, if he thinks fit, before”.\nSubsections (6) and (9) shall be omitted.\nSection 30 (taxation of returning officer’s account)\nIn subsection (1) for the words after “made” there shall be substituted “to any county court in Northern Ireland”.\nSubsection (4) shall be omitted.\nSection 49 (effect of registers)\nIn subsection (5) the words “prevent the rejection of the vote on a scrutiny, or” shall be omitted.\nSection 50 (effect of misdescription)\nIn paragraph (c) the words “nomination paper,” shall be omitted.\nSection 60 (personation)\nSection 61 (other voting offences)\nIn paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1), the words “or at parliamentary or local government elections” and “or, as the case may be, at elections of that kind” shall be omitted.\nFor sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii) of subsection (2)(a) there shall be substituted:\n“(i) more than once at the referendum; or\n(ii) when there is in force an appointment of a person to vote as his proxy at the referendum in some other constituency;”.\nIn paragraph (2)(d), for the words from “parliamentary” to the end there shall be substituted “the referendum without applying for the cancellation of a previous appointment of a third person then in force or without withdrawing a pending application for such an appointment”.\nIn subsection (3)(a) for the words from “either” to the end, there shall be substituted “more than once at the referendum”.\nIn subsection (4) the words “in any constituency” shall be omitted.\nIn subsection (6A) for the words “(3)(a)(i)” there shall be substituted “(3)(a)”.\nIn subsection (7) the words from “but” to the end shall be omitted.\nSection 63 (breach of official duty)\nIn subsection (3)—\n(a) paragraphs (a) and (c) shall be omitted;\n(b) in paragraph (b) for the words “sheriff clerk” there shall be substituted “verifying officer”;\n(c) in paragraph (e) for the words “(a) to (d)” there shall be substituted “(b) and (d)”.\nSection 65 (tampering with nomination papers, ballot papers etc.)\nSubsection (1)(a) shall be omitted.\nIn subsection (3) after the words “presiding officer” there shall be inserted “, verifying officer”.\nSection 66 (requirement of secrecy)\nIn subsection (1)(b) for the words “candidate or election agent” there shall be substituted “relevant nominating representative”.\nIn subsection (2) before the word “counting” in the first and third places where it occurs there shall be inserted “verification of the ballot paper accounts or the”.\nSection 91 (candidate’s right to send election address post free)\nIn subsection (1) for the word “candidate” there shall be substituted “relevant nominating representative”.\nIn subsections (1)(a) and (4)(a) the words “in the constituency” shall be omitted.\nSubsection (3) shall be omitted.\nSection 94 (imitation poll cards)\nSection 97 (disturbances at election meetings)\nFor subsection (2) there shall be substituted:\n“(2) This section applies to a meeting held during the period of 13 days ending with the day before the date of the referendum.”.\nSection 98 (premises not affected for rates)\nSection 100 (illegal canvassing by police officers)\nIn subsection (1)—\n(a) for the words “a police force” there shall be substituted “the Royal Ulster Constabulary”, and\n(b) for the words after “proxy” there shall be substituted “at the referendum”.\nSubsection (3) shall be omitted.\nSection 101 (no hiring of vehicles to convey voters)\nSection 102 (no payments for conveyance of voters)\nSection 103 (provisions supplemental to sections 101 and 102)\nSection 104 (carriage in sections 101 to 103)\nSection 109 (payments for exhibition of election notices)\nSection 110 (printer’s name and address on election publications)\nFor subsection (3) there shall be substituted:\n“(3) A person acting in contravention of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.”.\nSection 111 (prohibition of paid canvassers)\nSection 112 (providing money for illegal purposes)\nParagraph (b) shall be omitted.\nSection 113 (bribery)\nSection 114 (treating)\nSection 115 (undue influence)\nSection 116 (rights of creditors)\nParagraphs (b) and (c) shall be omitted.\nIn section 117 (savings as to parliamentary elections), subsection (2)\nIn paragraphs (b) and (c), for the references to any particular candidate, there shall be substituted references to any particular result.\nIn section 118 (interpretation of Part II), the definitions of “money”, “pecuniary reward” and “payment”\nSection 160(4) (persons reported guilty of corrupt practices)\nFor the words from the beginning to “report” there shall be substituted “For the purposes of section 173, the incapacities are that the person convicted of a corrupt practice shall for five years from the date of the conviction”.\nSection 167 (application for relief)\nIn subsection (2)(c) for the words from “constituency” to “held” there shall be substituted “area where the act or omission occurred”.\nSection 168 (prosecutions for corrupt practices)\nSection 169 (prosecution for illegal practices)\nSection 170 (conviction of illegal practice on charge of corrupt practice etc.)\nSection 173 (incapacities on conviction of corrupt or illegal practice)\nIn paragraph (a) for the word “imposed” there shall be substituted “mentioned” and the words from “as if” to the end shall be omitted.\nParagraph (b) shall be omitted.\nIn section 174 (mitigation and remission etc.), subsections (5) and (6)\nSection 175 (illegal payments etc.)\nSubsection (2) shall be omitted.\nSection 176 (time limit for prosecutions)\nSection 178 (prosecutions for offences committed outside the United Kingdom)\nSection 179 (offences by associations)\nIn section 181 (Director of Public Prosecutions), subsection (1)\nSection 184 (service of notices)\nIn subsection (1)(a) the words from “in the” to the end shall be omitted.\nIn section 185 (interpretation of Part III), the definitions of “judicial office” and “public office”\nSection 200 (public notices and declarations)\nIn section 202 (interpretation), the definitions in subsection (1) of “the absent voters list”, “elector”, “legal incapacity”, “the list of proxies”, “parliamentary elections rules”, “person”, “prescribed” and “voter” and subsection (2)\nSection 205 (general application to Northern Ireland)\nSCHEDULE 1 (PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS RULES)\nRule 20 (the official mark)\nFor paragraph (2) there shall be substituted—\n“(2) The official mark shall be kept secret.”.\nIn paragraph (3) omit “at the same election”.\nRule 22 (use of schools and public rooms)\nIn paragraphs (1) and (2) after the word “poll”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be inserted “or verifying the ballot paper accounts”.\nRule 23 (notice of poll)\nIn paragraph (1), for the words “in the statement of persons nominated include” there shall be substituted “publish not later than the sixth day before the date of the referendum”.\nFor paragraph (2) there shall be substituted—\n“(2) The counting officer shall also give public notice of—\n(a) the situation of each polling station, and\n(b) the description of voters entitled to vote there.”.\nRule 24 (postal ballot papers)\nRule 25 (provision of polling stations)\nRule 26 (appointment of presiding officers and clerks)\nIn paragraph (1), the words from “but” to the end shall be omitted.\nRule 28 (issue of official poll cards)\nIn paragraph (1), the words from “and a card” to the end shall be omitted.\nParagraphs (3)(a) and (4) shall be omitted.\nRule 29 (equipment of polling stations)\nRule 30 (appointment of polling and counting agents)\nFor the word “candidate”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “relevant nominating representative”.\nAfter paragraph (1) there shall be inserted:\n“(1A) For the purposes of this rule, a person authorised by a relevant nominating representative may act on his behalf.”.\nIn paragraph (3) the words “(computed like any period of time in the Timetable)” shall be omitted.\nParagraphs (5) and (9) shall be omitted.\nRule 31 (notification of requirement of secrecy)\nIn paragraph (b) after the words “attending at” there shall be inserted “the verification of the ballot paper accounts or”.\nRule 32 (admission to polling station)\nFor paragraph (1)(a) there shall be substituted—\n“(a) a relevant nominating representative;”.\nIn paragraph (2) for the word “candidate” there shall be substituted “party”.\nRule 33 (keeping of order in station)\nRule 34 (sealing of ballot boxes)\nRule 35 (questions to be put to voters)\nIn paragraph (1), for the words “a candidate or his election or” there shall be substituted “a relevant nominating representative or a”.\nIn the second question in paragraph (2), the words “in this constituency” shall be omitted.\nRule 36 (challenge of voter)\nIn paragraph (1), for the words “a candidate or his election or” there shall be substituted “a relevant nominating representative or a”.\nRule 37 (voting procedure)\nParagraph (1F) shall be omitted.\nRule 38 (votes marked by presiding officer)\nRule 39 (voting by blind persons)\nRule 40 (tendered ballot papers)\nRule 40A (refusal to deliver ballot paper)\nIn paragraph (2) the words “shall be subject to review on an election petition but, subject to that,” shall be omitted.\nRule 41 (spoilt ballot papers)\nRule 42 (adjournment of poll in case of riot)\nRule 43 (procedure on close of poll)\nIn paragraph (1), for the words “returning officer”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted “verifying officer”.\nAfter the rule there shall be inserted the following rules:\n“Arrangements for local verification of the ballot paper accounts\n43A (1) The counting officer shall direct officers under his control to attend at such places as he deems necessary for the verification of the ballot paper accounts (“verifying officers”).\n(2) The verifying officer shall make arrangements for the verification of the ballot paper accounts in the presence of the counting agents as soon as practicable after the close of the poll and shall give the counting agents notice in writing of the time and place at which he will begin the verification.\n(3) No person other than—\n(a) the counting officer,\n(b) the verifying officer and his clerks,\n(c) a relevant nominating representative, and\n(d) the counting agents,\nmay attend the verification of the ballot paper accounts, unless permitted by the verifying officer to attend; and the verifying officer shall not permit a person to attend unless he is satisfied that the efficient verification of the ballot paper accounts will not be impeded.\n(4) The verifying officer shall allow the counting agents all such reasonable facilities for observing the proceedings, and all such information with respect to them, as he can given them consistent with the orderly conduct of the proceedings and the discharge of his duties in connection with them.\nProcedure at verification of ballot paper accounts\n43B (1) The verifying officer shall in the presence of the counting agents—\n(a) open each ballot box and count and record the number of ballot papers in it and verify each ballot paper account; and\n(b) count such of the postal ballot papers as have been duly returned and record the number counted.\n(2) A postal ballot paper shall not be deemed to be duly returned unless it is returned in the proper envelope so as to reach the counting officer before the close of the poll and is accompanied by the declaration of identity duly signed and authenticated.\n(3) The verifying officer may do by his clerks any act which he is required or authorised by these rules to do.\n(4) The verifying officer shall not count any tendered ballot paper.\n(5) The verifying officer, while counting and recording the number of ballot papers, shall keep the ballot papers with their faces downwards.\n(6) The verifying officer shall verify each ballot paper account by comparing it with the number of ballot papers recorded by him, the unused and spoilt ballot papers in his possesesion and the tendered votes list (opening and resealing the packets containing the unused and spoilt ballot papers and the tendered votes list) and shall draw up a statement as to the result of the verification, which any counting agent present may copy.\n(7) The verifying officer shall, subject to the directions of the counting officer, determine the hours during which the procedure under this rule is proeeded with.\n(8) The verifying officer shall take proper precautions for the security of the ballot papers and documents.\n(9) On completion of the procedure under this rule the verifying officer shall, subject to the directions of the counting officer, make up into packets the ballot papers counted by him, seal them up in containers endorsing on each a description of the area to which the ballot papers relate, and, subject to paragraph (10) below, deliver or cause to be delivered the containers to the counting officer together with a list of them and of the contents of each container and a statement of his verification of the ballot paper accounts.\n(10) Paragraph (9) above does not apply where the verification of the ballot paper accounts takes place at the same place as the counting of the votes.”.\nRule 44 (attendance at counting of votes)\nFor paragraph (2)(b) there shall be substituted—\n“(b) a relevant nominating representative,”.\nRule 45 (the count)\nFor paragraphs (1) to (2) there shall be substituted:\n“(1) The counting officer shall not count the votes until he has mixed together all of the ballot papers (opening, as necessary, the packets made up in accordance with rule 43B(9) above).”.\nIn paragraph (4) the words “counting and recording the number of ballot papers and” shall be omitted.\nParagraph (5) shall be omitted.\nIn paragraph (6), the words from “For the” to the end shall be omitted.\nRule 47 (rejected ballot papers)\nIn paragraph (3), the words from “and shall” to the end shall be omitted.\nRule 48 (decisions on ballot papers)\nThe words from “but” to the end shall be omitted.\nRule 54 (sealing up for ballot papers)\nIn rule 55 (delivery of documents to the Clerk of the Crown), paragraph (1)\nFor the words “returning officer shall then forward to the Clerk of the Crown” there shall be substituted “counting officer shall retain for the period of one month beginning with the day after the date of the referendum and shall then destroy” and the words from “the date” to the end shall be omitted.\nAPPENDIX OF FORMS\nForm of directions for the guidance of the voters in voting\nForm of declaration to be made by the companion of a blind voter\nThe words “now being held in this constituency” and “for the … Constituency” shall be omitted.\nII: ELECTIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ACT 1985\nSection 3 (offences relating to specified documents)\nIII: REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT 1985\nSection 5 (manner of voting)\nIn subsection (5) for the words “the constituency” there shall be substituted “Northern Ireland”.\nSection 7 (absent vote at a particular election and absent voters list)\nIn subsection (1) for the words “a particular” there shall be substituted “the”.\nIn subsection (2) for the words after “who is” there shall be substituted\n“shown in the record of those whose applications to vote by post at parliamentary elections or, in the case of a peer, local elections for an indefinite period (“the relevant record”) have been granted, but such a person may apply to the registration officer—\n(a) for his ballot paper to be sent to a different address in the United Kingdom; or\n(b) to vote by proxy,\nat the referendum.”.\nIn subsection (4)—\n(a) for the word “each” there shall be substituted “the”;\n(b) in paragraphs (a)(ii) and (b) for the words from “record” to “question” there shall be substituted “relevant record as voting by post at parliamentary elections or, in the case of a peer, local elections”; and\n(c) in paragraph (a)(ii) for the words “under that section” there shall be substituted “for inclusion in the relevant record”.\nSection 8 (proxies at elections)\nIn subsection (1) for the word “any” in the second place where it occurs there shall be substituted “the”.\nIn subsection (2) for the words from “parliamentary” to the end, there shall be substituted “the referendum”.\nIn subsection (3)(a) for the words “that election” there shall be substituted “parliamentary or, in the case of a peer, local elections”.\nIn subsection (5) for the words “same parliamentary election in any constituency” there shall be substituted “referendum”.\nSubsection (6) shall be omitted.\nIn subsection (7) for the words “a particular” there shall be substituted “the”.\nSubsections (9) and (10) shall be omitted.\nSection 9 (voting as proxy)\nSubsections (4), (5) and (6) shall be omitted.\nIn subsection (7) for the words “a particular” there shall be substituted “the”.\nIn subsection (8)—\n(a) for the words “a particular” there shall be substituted “the”, and\n(b) for the words from “kept” to “question” there shall be substituted “of those whose applications to vote by post as proxy at parliamentary or, in the case of an elector who is a peer, local elections for an indefinite period (“the relevant record”) have been granted”.\nIn subsection (9)—\n(a) for the word “each” there shall be substituted “the”;\n(b) in paragraph (a) for the words from “record” to “question” there shall be substituted “relevant record” and for the words “under that subsection” there shall be substituted “for inclusion in the relevant record”; and\n(c) in paragraph (b) the word “concerned” shall be omitted.\nIn subsection (10)—\n(a) the words “or both (as the case may be)” shall be omitted, and\n(b) in paragraph (b), for the words from “elections” to the end there shall be substituted “the referendum”.\nSubsection (11) shall be omitted.\nIn section 12 (offences), subsections (3) and (4)\nSection 27 (interpretation)\nIn subsection (1), the definition of “European Parliamentary election” shall be omitted.\nIn subsection (2) the words from “and sections 5, 6” to the end shall be omitted.",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 18(7) was amended by paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 29 was amended by the Representation of the People Act 1991 (c. 11) and the Transfer of Functions (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1728)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Subsections (1)(d), (2)(c) and (3) of section 49 were repealed by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act and subsection (5) was substituted by Schedule 2 to the Local Government Elections (Changes to the Franchise and Qualification of Members) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1948)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 61 was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 1985 Act and subsection (6A) was inserted by section 2(5) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 63 was substituted by paragraph 19 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Subsections (3) and (4) of section 65 were substituted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Section 66(6) was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Section 91(1) was substituted by paragraph 34 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Section 94 has been amended, but the amendments are not relevant to the subject matter of this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "Section 100(2) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "Section 103(2) was repealed by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "Section 104(b) was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "Section 167(1A) was inserted by paragraph 56 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f14",
      "text": "Subsection (1) of section 168 was substituted for subsections (1) to (4) by paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act and subsections (5) and (6) were repealed by Schedule 5 to that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f15",
      "text": "Section 169 was amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act and repealed in part by Schedule 5 to that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f16",
      "text": "Section 173 was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f17",
      "text": "Section 175(1) was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f18",
      "text": "Section 176 was amended by paragraph 61 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f19",
      "text": "Section 178 was substituted by paragraph 62 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f20",
      "text": "Section 181(1) was amended by paragraph 63 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f21",
      "text": "Section 200(1) was substituted by paragraph 68 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f22",
      "text": "Section 202(1) was amended, so far as relevant to this Order, by Schedule 3 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f23",
      "text": "Section 205 was amended by paragraph 72 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f24",
      "text": "Rule 23(3) was repealed by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f25",
      "text": "Rule 24 was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to, and paragraph 78 of Schedule 4 to, the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f26",
      "text": "Rule 26(3) was amended by section 2(2) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f27",
      "text": "Rule 28 was amended by section 4(6) of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to, the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f28",
      "text": "Rule 29(5) was amended by paragraph 79 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f29",
      "text": "Rule 31 was substituted by paragraph 80 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f30",
      "text": "Paragraph (1) of rule 37 was amended by section 2(3)(a) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 and paragraph 81 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act; paragraphs (1A) to (1G) were inserted by section 1(2) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985, and paragraph (1E) was amended by S.I. 1986/1091, Schedule 3 to the Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1986 (c. 54) and S.I. 1991/1674."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f31",
      "text": "Paragraph (1) of rule 38 was amended by section 2(3)(b) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 and paragraph (1A) was inserted by section 1(3) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f32",
      "text": "Paragraph (2) of rule 39 was amended by section 2(3)(c) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 and paragraph (2A) was inserted by section 1(4) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f33",
      "text": "Paragraph (1)(b) of rule 40 was repealed in part by Schedule 5 to the 1985 Act; paragraphs (1A) to (1C) were inserted by section 1(5) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985 and paragraphs (5) and (6) were inserted by section 1(6) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f34",
      "text": "Section 40A was inserted by section 2(4) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f35",
      "text": "Rule 45 has been amended by paragraph 82 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f36",
      "text": "The form of directions was substituted by paragraph 86 of Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f37",
      "text": "Section 3(7) was amended by section 25(2) of the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f38",
      "text": "Section 8(3) was substituted by paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to S.I. 1995/1948 and section 8(11) was repealed by Part IX of Schedule 27 to the Finance Act 1985 (c. 54)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f39",
      "text": "Section 27(1) was repealed in part by the Schedule to the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58)."
    }
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