{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-referendums-petitions-and-directions-wales-regulations-2001/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-referendums-petitions-and-directions-wales-regulations-2001/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2001/2292",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Referendums) (Petitions and Directions) (Wales) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-referendums-petitions-and-directions-wales-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Timing of referendum",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) and regulation 21, a referendum in consequence of a valid petition shall be held not later than—\n(a) the end of the period of six months beginning with the petition date; or\n(b) the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which regulations under section 45 (with respect to the referendum) come into force, whichever is the later.\n(2) A referendum shall not be held before the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which proposals and a statement are sent to the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with regulation 17(9).\n(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where the National Assembly for Wales holds a referendum in exercise of the power conferred by regulation 25.\n(4) A referendum under this Part may not be held on—\n(a) a Saturday or Sunday,\n(b) Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in Wales, or\n(c) any day appointed as a day of public thanksgiving or mourning.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word inserted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2003/398",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authorities (Referendums) (Petitions and Directions) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2003/398",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authorities (Referendums) (Petitions and Directions) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/2292/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:16:22.248227+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."
}