{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-referendumspetitionsengland-regulations-2011/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-referendumspetitionsengland-regulations-2011/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2914",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Referendums)(Petitions)(England) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-referendumspetitionsengland-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Publicity for valid petitions",
  "text": "(1) Where the proper officer is satisfied that a petition is valid, he or she shall, within the notice period, notify the petition organiser—\n(a) of his or her conclusion; and\n(b) that a referendum will be held.\n(2) In a case to which paragraph (1) applies, the authority shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the paragraph (1) requirement has been met, publish a notice which contains a statement—\n(a) that a valid petition has been received;\n(b) of the constitutional change sought by the petition;\n(c) of the petition date;\n(d) that the petition is available at the authority's principal office for inspection by members of the public at all reasonable times and free of charge;\n(e) of the address of the authority's principal office; and\n(f) that a referendum will be held.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2914/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:48:19.492104+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."
}