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  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023",
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  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“2012 Regulations” means the Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) Regulations 2012;\n“ongoing referendum” means a relevant referendum for which the date of poll as specified in the notice of referendum is on or after 31st January 2024;\n“referendum” means a referendum under Schedule 4B to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;\n“referendum rules” means the rules set out in Schedules 3 and 5 to the 2012 Regulations;\n“relevant referendum” means a referendum for which the notice of referendum is published in accordance with rule 5 of the referendum rules on or before 30th January 2024.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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