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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-conduct-of-referendums-wales-regulations-2004/regulation-14",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2004/870",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Wales) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-conduct-of-referendums-wales-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/14",
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  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Result of referendum or further referendum",
  "text": "(1) Subject to regulations 16 and 17, if the majority of the votes cast in a referendum other than a further referendum are “yes” votes, the result of the referendum is, for the purposes of regulation 23 (action where referendum proposals approved) of the Petitions and Directions Regulations or, as the case may be, the comparable provisions of any other regulations or order made under any provision of Part II of the 2000 Act, to approve the proposals that were the subject of the referendum.\n(2) Subject to regulations 16 and 17, if the majority of the votes cast in a referendum other than a further referendum are “no” votes, the result of the referendum is, for the purposes of regulation 24 (action where referendum proposals rejected) of the Petitions and Directions Regulations or, as the case may be, the comparable provisions of any other regulations or order made under any provision of Part II of the 2000 Act, to reject the proposals that were the subject of the referendum.\n(3) Subject to regulations 16 and 17, if the majority of the votes cast in a further referendum are “yes” votes, the result of the referendum is to approve the continuation of the local authority’s existing executive arrangements.\n(4) Subject to regulations 16 and 17, if the majority of the votes cast in a further referendum are “no” votes, the result of the referendum is to reject the continuation of the local authority’s existing executive arrangements.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/870/regulation/14",
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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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