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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-referendum-act-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/36",
  "legislation_title": "European Union Referendum Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-referendum-act-2015",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of Part 7 of the 2000 Act and this Act, the referendum period for the referendum is such period as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Minister.\n(2) The period prescribed under this paragraph must be a period which—\n(a) is at least 10 weeks, and\n(b) ends with the date of the referendum.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 1.2.2016 by S.I. 2016/69, reg. 2"
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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."
}