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    The Welsh devolution referendum of 1997 was a pre-legislative referendum held in Wales on 18 September 1997 over whether there was support for the creation...
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    was held in their first term in office after the 1997 general election, under the provisions of the Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Act 1997. It was the...
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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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    electorate voting in favour of establishing an assembly. A second referendum to create a devolved assembly for Wales was held in 1997, which led to the...
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    Ireland and Wales. In Scotland referendums on devolved matters are regulated under the Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020.: 42  Only three referendums have ever...
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    following the 1997 referendum. The title of the role was changed to "First Minister of Wales" in October 2000, a change which was recognised in law following...
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    The referendum on the law-making powers of the National Assembly for Wales was a referendum held in Wales on 3 March 2011 on whether the National Assembly...
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    act was subsequently repealed. A second referendum to create a devolved legislature in Scotland was held in 1997 under a newly elected Labour government...
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  • significance of the year 1997 to Wales and its people. Secretary of State for Wales – William Hague (until 3 May); Ron Davies Archbishop of Wales – Alwyn Rice Jones...
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  • In Australia, referendums (also spelt referenda) are public votes held on important issues where the electorate may approve or reject a certain proposal...
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