The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016

Requirement to provide fresh signatures every 5 years

15.—(1) Regulation 60A of the relevant regulations (requirement to provide fresh signatures)(1) has effect for the purposes of the referendum with the following modifications.

(2) Paragraph (7) has effect for those purposes as if for the words from “kept under” to the end there were substituted “kept under regulation 63(2), 63(3) or 66(6) of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016.”

(3) Paragraph (8) has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a), at the end there were inserted “or under Part 2 of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016 (as the case may be)”, and

(b) in sub-paragraph (b), after “Schedule 4” there were inserted “or Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”.

(4) Paragraph (9) has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if for the words from “kept under” to the end there were substituted—

“kept under regulation 63(2), 63(3) or 66(6) of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016, information—

(a) explaining the effect of such removal, and

(b) reminding the absent voter that he may make a fresh application to vote by post or by proxy (as the case may be).”

(1)

Regulation 60A of the England and Wales Regulations was inserted by regulation 34 of S.I. 2006/2910. Regulation 60A of the Scotland Regulations was inserted by regulation 5 of S.I. 2008/305.