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    The Referendum Act 1975 (c. 33) also known at the time as the Referendum Bill was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which made legal provision...
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    membership referendum, was a non-binding referendum that took place on 5 June 1975 in the United Kingdom (UK) under the provisions of the Referendum Act 1975 to...
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    national referendum for any purpose or on any issue however the UK Parliament is free to legislate through an Act of Parliament for a referendum to be held...
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  • of Ireland, which regulated future referendums within the Reupulic of Ireland Referendum Act, 1975, a public Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
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    universal suffrage. The Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013 set out the arrangements for the referendum and was passed by the Scottish Parliament in...
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    European Union Referendum Act 2015 (c. 36) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made legal provision for a consultative referendum to be held...
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    each ordered into national sections. Under the provisions of the Referendum Act 1975 there was a total of 68 counting areas across the United Kingdom...
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    The second question of the 1967 Australian referendum of 27 May 1967, called by the Holt government, related to Indigenous Australians. Voters were asked...
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    British people) in 1973. This referendum was conducted very differently from the European Communities membership referendum in 1975; a more localised and regionalised...
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    was rejected by the Scottish people in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Cornwall is administered as a county of England, but the Cornish people...
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    London: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-7181-9673-8. OCLC 1004568536. "Scottish Referendums". BBC. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 16 March...
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  • A referendum on abolishing the monarchy was held in the Kingdom of Sikkim on 14 April 1975. Official results stated the proposal was approved by 97.55%...
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    Titles Act 1896. The short title of the act of the Irish Parliament is Act of Union (Ireland) 1800 (40 Geo. 3. c. 38 (I)), assigned by a 1951 act of the...
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    established on 19 September 2014 in the wake of the Scottish independence referendum. The act gives extra powers to the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government...
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    in two referendums held on 22 May 1998. In Northern Ireland, voters were asked in the 1998 Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement referendum whether...
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    Kingdom (UK) and Gibraltar under the provisions of the European Union Referendum Act 2015 to ask the electorate whether the country should continue to remain...
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    Parliament of Scotland. The Act was introduced by the Labour government in 1998 to give effect to the Scottish devolution referendum in 1997 which showed that...
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    Human Rights Act 1998. The passing of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The passing of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, creating...
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    entry into the European Economic Community and to holding a national referendum on the issue. The Labour campaign presented the party's leadership as...
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    Retrieved 14 January 2023. "The Last Scottish Parliament". Scottish Referendums. BBC News. Retrieved 23 October 2008. Devine, T. M. (1999). The Scottish...
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    majority of seats at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. This led to a referendum on Scottish independence in 2014, where voters were asked: "Should Scotland...
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    The Referendums (Wales and Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 61) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which made legal provision for the holding of...
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    do here. Anti-English satires proliferated, and in 1609, the king had an act passed that promised the direst penalties against the writers of "pasquillis...
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    independent referendum was not a breach of art 3. Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 ss 1-5 (1703) 2 Ld Raym 938 Morgan v Simpson [1975] QB 151...
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    Calling of Parliament Act 2022 (c. 11) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 and reinstated...
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    (Amendment) Act 2008 European Communities Act 1972 (Repeal) Bills 1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum European Union Referendum Act 2015...
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    The Government of Ireland Act 1920 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act's long title was "An Act to provide for the better government...
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    of Accession 1972 European Communities Act 1972 1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum 2015–2016 United Kingdom renegotiation...
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    future date. A Scottish Parliament was convened by the Scotland Act 1998, following a referendum in 1997, in which the Scottish electorate voted for devolution...
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    The British Nationality Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 56) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom on British nationality law which defined British...
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