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9(1)Section 108 of the 2000 Act (designation of organisations to whom assistance is available) has effect for the purposes of the referendum with the following modifications.U.K.

(2)Subsection (2) has effect for those purposes as if for the words from “the Commission” to the end there were substituted the Commission may—

(a)in relation to each of those outcomes, designate one permitted participant as representing those campaigning for the outcome in question; or

(b)if the condition in subsection (2A) is met as regards one of those outcomes (“outcome A”) but not the other (“outcome B”), designate one permitted participant as representing those campaigning for outcome B.

(2A)The condition in this subsection is met as regards an outcome if either—

(a)no permitted participant makes an application to be designated under section 109 as representing those campaigning for that outcome; or

(b)the Commission are not satisfied that there is any permitted participant who has made an application under that section who adequately represents those campaigning for that outcome.

(3)For the purposes of the referendum subsections (3) and (4) are to be treated as omitted.

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I1Sch. 1 para. 9 in force at 1.2.2016 by S.I. 2016/69, reg. 2

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