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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-postal-and-proxy-voting-etc-amendment-regulations-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-17",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348249682",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-postal-and-proxy-voting-etc-amendment-regulations-2023",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Poll card forms for certain referendums",
  "text": "(1) The amendments made by regulation 16(4) and (8) do not apply in respect of an ongoing referendum.\n(2) The Official Poll Card (to be sent to a voter voting in person) and the Official Proxy Poll Card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting in person) in the referendum rules apply in respect of a relevant referendum as if, on the front of the form, before the text that begins “vote as a proxy at this referendum” there were inserted “(in the case of a proxy appointed before 31st October 2023)”.\n(3) The form of the Official Postal Poll Card (to be sent to a voter voting by post) and the Official Proxy Postal Poll Card (to be sent to an appointed proxy voting by post) in the referendum rules apply in respect of a relevant referendum as if, on the back of the form, before the text that begins “vote as a proxy at the same referendum” there were inserted “(in the case of a proxy appointed before 31st October 2023)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348249682/schedule/2/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:43:07.310455+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}