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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-voting-system-and-constituencies-act-2011/schedule-6/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/1",
  "legislation_title": "Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011",
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  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/2",
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  "number": "2",
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  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“Assembly election” means—\n(a)an Assembly constituency election, or\n(b)an Assembly regional election;\n“Assembly constituency election” means an election for the return of an Assembly constituency member (within the meaning of section 1 of the Government of Wales Act 2006);\n“Assembly Elections Rules” means the rules set out in Schedule 5 to the Welsh Assembly Order;\n“Assembly regional election” means an election for the return of an Assembly regional member (within the meaning of section 1 of the Government of Wales Act 2006);\n“constituency returning officer” is to be construed in accordance with Article 18 of the Welsh Assembly Order;\n“counting agent” means a counting agent for the referendum or a counting agent for an Assembly election (except where one or other is specified);\n“regional returning officer” is to be construed in accordance with Article 18 of the Welsh Assembly Order;\n“returning officer” means a person who is a constituency returning officer or a regional returning officer (unless one or the other is specified);\n“the Welsh Assembly Order” means the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/236).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/schedule/6/paragraph/2",
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  "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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