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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-referendum-conduct-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/219",
  "legislation_title": "The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-referendum-conduct-regulations-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Referendums\nRepresentation Of The People\nMade 25th February 2016\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThese Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(1), (4) and (5), 5(1), 9(5) and 11(1) of the European Union Referendum Act 2015.\nIn accordance with section 4(6) of the European Union Referendum Act 2015, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has consulted the Electoral Commission.\nA draft of this instrument has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to section 9(2) of that Act.\nAccordingly, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster makes the following Regulations:",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations modified (W.) (27.2.2016) by The European Union Referendum (Welsh Forms) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/220), art. 4(4), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Regulations: power to modify conferred (W.) (27.2.2016) by The European Union Referendum (Welsh Forms) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/220), art. 3, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2015 c.36. See the definition of “the Minister” in section 11(1)."
    }
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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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