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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-referendum-act-2015/schedule-3/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/36",
  "legislation_title": "European Union Referendum Act 2015",
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  "number": "2",
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  "text": "(1) Section 128 of the 2000 Act (Chief Counting Officers, and counting officers, for referendums) has effect for the purposes of the referendum with the following modifications.\n(2) Subsection (2) has effect for those purposes as if—\n(a) the words “(subject to subsection (8))” were omitted, and\n(b) in paragraph (b), after “appoints” there were inserted “ in writing ”.\n(3) For the purposes of the referendum subsection (8) is to be treated as omitted.\n(4) See also paragraphs 4 and 6 (which contain additional modifications of section 128 of the 2000 Act for the purposes of the referendum).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 2 in force at 1.2.2016 by S.I. 2016/69, reg. 2"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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