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| given up to and including |
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| Wednesday 6 November 2013 |
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| New Amendments handed in are marked thus  |
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| European Union (Referendum) Bill
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | An order under section 3(2) or (3) which extends to Gibraltar may— |
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| | (a) | provide for conduct to constitute a criminal offence under the law of |
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| | (b) | extend and apply to Gibraltar, with or without modification, the |
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| | provisions of any enactment relating to referendums or elections; |
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| | (c) | modify any such enactment so far as it has effect in relation to any part |
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| | (d) | modify or apply or incorporate, with or without modification, the |
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| | provisions of any legislation in force in Gibraltar relating to elections, or |
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| | (2) | The capacity of the Gibraltar legislature to make law in relation to any matter in |
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| | relation to which provision may be made under section 3 is not affected by the |
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| | existence of the power conferred by that section. |
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| | (3) | Subsection (2) is not to be regarded as restricting the operation in relation to law |
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| | made by the Gibraltar legislature of the Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 (under |
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| | which colonial laws are void if repugnant to provision made under an Act of |
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| | (4) | “Enactment”, and “modification” have the same meaning as in the Political |
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| | Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (see section 160(1) of that Act).’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 2, leave out ‘is to’ and insert ‘may’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 2, at end insert ‘if there is a further transfer of power from the |
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| United Kingdom to the European Union’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | A transfer of power is defined in Schedule (Transfer of powers).’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | Before the appointment of the day on which the referendum is to be held, the |
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| | Secretary of State shall consult the bodies listed in the Schedule (Organisations |
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| | to be consulted before a referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the |
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| | European Union) on the merits or otherwise of the United Kingdom remaining a |
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| | member of the European Union and shall lay before Parliament a report of the |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out subsection (2) and insert ‘on a date to be |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out subsection 2. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out from ‘held’ to end of line 6 and insert ‘on 7 May |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 4, after ‘2017’, insert ‘and not between 31 July and 1 |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out ‘before 31 December 2017’ and insert ‘on 23 |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out ‘31 December 2017’ and insert ‘1 July 2017’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out ‘2017’ and insert ‘2014’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out ‘2017’ and insert ‘2015’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out ‘2017’ and insert ‘2016’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out ‘2017’ and insert ‘2018’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out ‘2017’ and insert ‘2019’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out subsection (3). |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out subsection (3) and insert— |
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| | ‘(3) | The Secretary of State shall establish a European Union Referendum |
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| | Commission to consider the date or dates on which the referendum is to be held. |
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| | (3A) | The Commission shall report to the Secretary of State within 12 months of its |
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| | (3B) | The Secretary of State shall by order provide for the date or dates to be |
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| | implemented as recommended by the Commission.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out subsection (3) and insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | The Commission shall consult with and seek to secure agreement from the |
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| | devolved administrations on the date or dates to be appointed for the |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out subsection (3) and insert— |
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| | ‘(3) | The date shall be appointed in accordance with the conclusions of the Speaker’s |
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| | Committee for the Referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the |
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| | European Union, as established under Schedule (Speaker’s Committee for the |
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| | Referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union).’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out ‘31 December 2016’ and insert ‘7 May 2015’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out ‘31 December 2016’ and insert ‘1 July 2017’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out ‘2016’ and insert ‘2014’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out ‘2016’ and insert ‘2015’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out ‘2016’ and insert ‘2017’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out ‘2016’ and insert ‘2018’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | Before appointing the day on which the referendum is to be held under subsection |
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| | (3) above, the Secretary of State shall consult leaders of the principal faiths |
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| | represented in the United Kingdom so as to identify days which it would be |
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| | inappropriate for him to appoint for holding the referendum, and he shall pay due |
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| | regard to the outcome of those consultations in appointing the day.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(7) | The day on which the referendum is to be held shall not be the same day as— |
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| | (a) | a general election for the United Kingdom Parliament; |
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| | (b) | elections to the European Parliament; |
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| | (c) | a Scottish parliamentary general election; |
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| | (d) | a Welsh Assembly general election; |
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| | (e) | a general election for members of the Northern Ireland Assembly; |
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| | (f) | any local government election; |
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| | (g) | a mayoral election in London; and |
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| | | the terms above shall be defined as in section 4 of the Parliamentary Voting |
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| | System and Constituencies Act 2011.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end insert ‘, subject to subsection (3A) below. |
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| | ‘(3A) | The Secretary of State may not appoint a day on which the referendum is to be |
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| | held until he has published a detailed analysis of the consequences of the United |
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| | (b) | not remaining a member of the European Union, including— |
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| | (i) | the economic and social consequences of withdrawal from the |
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| | European Union for the people of the United Kingdom, |
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| | (ii) | the consequences for the United Kingdom’s overseas territories, |
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| | (iii) | the consequences for prevention of crime and terrorism in the |
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| | (iv) | the consequences for climate change and the environment of the |
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| | (v) | the consequences for the effectiveness of the foreign policy of |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | The date appointed under subsection 1(3) must not be less than 28 weeks in |
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| | advance of the proposed polling day.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 7, leave out subsection (4) and insert— |
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| | ‘(4) | The question that is to appear on the ballot is, as recommended in the Electoral |
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| | Commission report of October 2013: |
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| | | “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union?”.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 7, leave out subsection (4) and insert— |
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| | ‘(4) | Before making an order under subsection (3) the Secretary of State shall conduct |
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| | a consultation lasting not less than six months on what question should appear on |
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| | the ballot paper, and shall by order set out the question to be asked.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, leave out lines 8 and 9 and insert ‘Should the United Kingdom remain |
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| a member of the European Union?’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, leave out lines 8 and 9 and insert ‘Should the United Kingdom remain |
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| a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 10, leave out ‘version’ and insert ‘translation’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 11, after ‘order’, insert ‘after consultation with the National |
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| Assembly for Wales and the Welsh Assembly Government.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(5A) | In Scotland, a Gaelic translation of the question is also to appear on the ballot |
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| | papers, as provided by order, after consultation with the Scottish Parliament and |
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| | the Scottish Government.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | In Northern Ireland, a Gaelic translation of the question is also to appear on the |
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| | ballot papers, as provided by order, after consultation with the Northern Ireland |
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| | Assembly and the Northern Ireland Executive.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 12, leave out subsection (6) and insert— |
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| | ‘(6) | An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument. |
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| | (7) | An order under subsection (3) may not be made unless each House of Parliament |
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| | has passed a resolution that the referendum shall take place on a day specified in |
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| | the resolution and the day specified in the resolution is the same as in the order. |
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| | (8) | An order under subsection (5) may not be made unless a draft of the order has |
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| | been laid before, and approved by, a resolution of each House of Parliament.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 12, leave out ‘shall’ and insert ‘may’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 14, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | The referendum shall be held on Thursday.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 14, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | The referendum shall be held over two days on a Saturday and Sunday.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 14, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | The referendum shall be held over three days on a Thursday, Friday and |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 14, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | No date shall be set for the referendum until there is in place a secure system of |
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| | voting by text message or by SMS.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 14, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | Voting in the referendum shall be possible in person, by post, by proxy, by email, |
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| | by text message or by SMS.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 14, at end add— |
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| | ‘(7) | Prior to the holding of any referendum the Secretary of State shall establish a |
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| | Public Judicial Inquiry into the merits of UK membership of the European Union |
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| | which shall publish its report within six months, unless the Secretary of State |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 18, leave out ‘and’. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(aa) | persons who have right of abode in the United Kingdom.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(aa) | persons who would be entitled to vote as electors in a European |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(aa) | all persons who are legally entitled to vote as electors at a local |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 18, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(aa) | all British citizens resident in any of the member states of the European |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 19, after ‘peers’, insert ‘or prisoners’. |
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