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  "text": "(1) Where the registration officer grants an application under article 8, 9, 11 or 12 he shall, where practicable, notify the applicant of his decision.\n(2) The proxy paper to be issued by the registration officer on the appointment of a proxy shall be in the form set out in English and Welsh in the Appendix (but this may be combined with another form of proxy paper if the registration officer is issuing a proxy paper appointing that person as proxy for the same elector in respect of another election or other elections).\n(3) Where the registration officer disallows an application under article 8, 9, 11 or 12 he shall notify the applicant of his decision and, in the case of an application under article 8(1) or 12(4), of the reason for his decision; and he shall date such notification.\n(4) Where under paragraph 8(1) or (4) the registration officer disregards an application for the purposes of any Assembly election, he shall, where practicable, notify the applicant of this.",
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