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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-referendums-petitions-and-directions-wales-regulations-2001/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-referendums-petitions-and-directions-wales-regulations-2001/regulation-9.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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Validity of petitions",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a petition shall be a valid petition if—\n(a) it is signed (whether before or after the passing of the Act or the coming into force of these Regulations) by not less than the verification number;\n(b) it satisfies the requirements of regulation 10; and\n(c) it is presented to the authority to which it is addressed on a day other than one that falls within a moratorium period.\n(2) A petition shall not be invalid by reason only of a failure to satisfy any requirement of regulation 10 if the constitutional change in relation to which the referendum is sought can be ascertained.\n(3) Where a person signs a petition but the information referred to in regulation 10(3)(a) is not included, or is not included in a legible form, that person’s signature shall be disregarded in determining whether the petition satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1)(a).\n(4) If a person signs a petition more than once, that person’s second or subsequent signature shall be disregarded in determining whether the petition satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1)(a).\n(5) Any signature on a petition which bears a date earlier than 12 months before the petition date shall be disregarded in determining whether the petition satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1)(a).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2003/398",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authorities (Referendums) (Petitions and Directions) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2003/398",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authorities (Referendums) (Petitions and Directions) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/2292/regulation/9",
    "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."
}