In November 2012, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law of Ukraine No. 5475-VI "On the All-Ukrainian Referendum". Its paragraph 4 Section XIII "Final Provisions" declared the 1991 Law of Ukraine No. 1286-XII "On the All-Ukrainian and Local Referendums" to be no longer in force. The new Law No. 5475-VI concerned only the conduct of all-Ukrainian referendums and the conduct of local referendums in Ukraine was no longer regulated in any way. This made it impossible to organise local referendums.