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<Number>2012 No. 685 (W.93)</Number>
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<Title>LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WALES</Title>
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<Title>The Local Election Survey (Wales) Regulations 2012</Title>
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<Text>Made</Text>
<DateText>4 March 2012</DateText>
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<Text>Laid before the National Assembly for Wales</Text>
<DateText>6 March 2012</DateText>
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<Text>The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 1(3)(a), 1(3)(b), 2 (2), and 175, of the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011<FootnoteRef Ref="f00001"/> make the following Regulations:</Text>
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<Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/mwa/2011/4" id="c00001" Class="WelshAssemblyMeasure" Year="2011" Number="0004">2011 (nawm 4)</Citation>.</Text>
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