The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016 No. 219

SCHEDULE 1 U.K. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT 1983

PART 2 U.K. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS

Service of notices U.K.

43.  Section 184 of the 1983 Act(1) applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if in subsection (1)—

(a) for “an election” there were substituted “the referendum”,

(b) for the words from “the High Court” to “any election court” there were substituted “the High Court or the county court”, and

(c) in paragraph (a), the words from “in the constituency” to “held” were omitted.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 43 in force at 26.2.2016, see reg. 1

(1)

Section 184 was amended by paragraphs 1 and 19(5) of Schedule 18 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.41); paragraphs 116 and 118 of Schedule 12 to the Postal Services Act 2011 (c.5); and paragraphs 57(1) and (3) of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2001/1149.