The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016

Computation of time

35.—(1) Section 119 of the 1983 Act(1), in its application for the purposes of any provision of the 1983 Act as applied by this Schedule, has effect as if for subsection (3) there were substituted—

“(3) In this section, in relation to a voting area—

(a) “bank holiday” means any day that is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in the part of the United Kingdom in which the voting area is situated, and

(b) “a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning” means a day appointed in the part of the United Kingdom in which the voting area is situated as a day of public thanksgiving or mourning.”

(2) The reference in sub-paragraph (1) to section 119 of the 1983 Act includes that section as applied by any other provision of that Act.

(1)

Section 119 was amended by section 19(4) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c.50); paragraphs 49 and 51 of Schedule 2 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22); section 30 of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14); and paragraphs 6 and 9 of the Schedule to the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (c.14).