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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/neighbourhood-planning-referendums-regulations-2012/schedule-4/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2031",
  "legislation_title": "The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/neighbourhood-planning-referendums-regulations-2012",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In rule 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) in paragraph (1) in the definition of “counting observer”, “counting officer”, “polling observer” and “referendum” after “the Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2012” in each place insert “ or the Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) Regulations 2012 (as the case may be) ”;\n(b) omit paragraph (3)(a).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 16 substituted (6.4.2014) by The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/333), regs. 1(6), 11 (with reg. 1(7))"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2031/schedule/4/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:23:04.114380+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."
}