The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016

Bribery

30.—(1) Section 113 of the 1983 Act(1) applies for the purposes of the referendum but with the following modifications.

(2) Subsection (2) has effect for those purposes as if—

(a) for “the return of any person at an election” (in the first two places) there were substituted “a particular result in the referendum”, and

(b) paragraph (iii) were omitted.

(3) Subsection (3) has effect for those purposes as if for “at any election” (in both places) there were substituted “in the referendum”.

(4) Each of subsections (4), (5) and (6) has effect for those purposes as if for “an election” there were substituted “the referendum”.

(1)

There are amendments to section 113 that are not relevant to these Regulations.