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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regional-assembly-and-local-government-referendums-order-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-62",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1962",
  "legislation_title": "The Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendums Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regional-assembly-and-local-government-referendums-order-2004",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/62",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "62",
  "heading": "Sealing up of ballot papers",
  "text": "(1) On the completion of the counting at a referendum the counting officer shall seal up in separate packets—\n(a) the counted ballot papers; and\n(b) the rejected ballot papers.\n(2) A combined ballot paper which is rejected in part shall be sealed up in the packet of counted ballot papers.\n(3) A completed statement in the form set out Form 8 in the Appendix, or a form to the like effect, shall be provided by the counting officer to the Chief Counting Officer.\n(4) The statement shall identify the voting area within the referendum area for which it is prepared.\n(5) Where at combined polls a combined ballot paper is used, the statement shall be combined for those referendums.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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      "affecting": "uksi/2011/2085",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1962/schedule/1/paragraph/62",
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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."
}