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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-referendums-petitions-and-directions-england-regulations-2000/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2852",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Referendums) (Petitions and Directions) (England) Regulations 2000",
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  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "General interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Local Government Act 2000; and\n“outline fall-back proposals” means an outline of the proposals that a local authority intend to implement if proposals that are to be the subject of a referendum under Part II or Part III of these Regulations are rejected in that referendum.\n(2) Except in the definition of “proper officer” in regulation 3(1), any reference in these Regulations to a section followed by a number is a reference to the section bearing that number in the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/1310",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authorities (Referendums) (Petitions and Directions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2001"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2852/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:12:04.188975+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}