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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-membership-order-of-council-2001/schedule/paragraph-20",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3057",
  "legislation_title": "The General Optical Council (Membership) Order of Council 2001",
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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/20",
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  "number": "20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Immediately after the polling day the Returning Officer shall cause the—\n(i) withdrawing of the voting papers from the envelopes; and\n(ii) counting of the votes validly cast for each candidate.\n(2) For the purposes of this paragraph a vote shall be deemed to have been validly cast if, but only if, it has been cast in accordance with paragraph 19.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word substituted for words",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/848",
      "affecting_title": "The Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Order 2005"
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      "affecting": "uksi/2005/848",
      "affecting_title": "The Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Order 2005"
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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."
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