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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/padstow-harbour-revision-order-1987/schedule-1/paragraph-20",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/420",
  "legislation_title": "The Padstow Harbour Revision Order 1987",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/20",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After the votes have been counted, in the case of the first election the three candidates having the largest number of votes shall be declared to have been elected and, in the case of subsequent elections, the candidate having the largest number of votes shall be declared to have been elected. In the case of a critical equality of votes the returning officer shall determine by lot which of the candidates in question shall be declared elected.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/420/schedule/1/paragraph/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:29:57.789697+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."
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