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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/neighbourhood-planning-referendums-regulations-2012/schedule-7/paragraph-69",
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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/7/paragraph/69",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "69",
  "heading": "Declaration of result",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where rule 70 does not apply.\n(2) When the result of the poll has been ascertained, the counting officer must forthwith—\n(a) declare the result of the business referendum;\n(b) inform the proper officer of the relevant council of the result of the business referendum;\n(c) give public notice of—\n(i) the result of the business referendum;\n(ii) the number of ballot papers counted;\n(iii) the total number of votes cast for each answer; and\n(iv) the number of rejected ballot papers under each head shown in the statement of rejected ballot papers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 inserted (6.4.2013) by The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/798), regs. 1, 7, Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2031/schedule/7/paragraph/69",
    "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."
}