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16(1)If a permitted participant appoints a referendum agent for a voting area, the responsible person must give the counting officer for the area notification of the name and home or business address of—U.K.

(a)the permitted participant, and

(b)the referendum agent.

(2)The notification must be given before noon on the 16th day before the date of the poll, disregarding for this purpose—

(a)Saturdays and Sundays,

(b)Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday and any other day that is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom,

(c)any day that is a bank or public holiday in Gibraltar under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act and the Interpretation and General Clauses Act, and

(d)any day appointed in any part of the United Kingdom or Gibraltar as a day of public thanksgiving or mourning.

(3)The notification must be in writing and signed by the responsible person.

(4)The duties imposed on a responsible person by this paragraph may be discharged by any person authorised in writing by the responsible person.

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I1Sch. 1 para. 16 in force at 1.2.2016 by S.I. 2016/69, reg. 2

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