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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-regulations-2002/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/561",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Local Government Elections Regulations 2002",
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  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Combination of polls",
  "text": "Where the polls at elections including a local government election are taken together under section 15(1) or (2) of the 1985 Act, the proceedings on the issue of postal ballot papers in respect of each election may be taken together, if the returning officers concerned so agree.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/561/regulation/3",
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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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