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

SCHEDULE 3 U.K. APPLICATION OF EXISTING PROVISIONS OF REGULATIONS

PART 1 U.K. THE 2001 REGULATIONS (ENGLAND AND WALES) AND THE 2001 REGULATIONS (SCOTLAND)

Alternative means of returning postal ballot paper or postal voting statement: Scotland U.K.

35.  Regulation 79 of the Scotland Regulations (alternative means of returning postal ballot paper or postal voting statement) applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if—

(a) for “returning officer” (in each place) there were substituted “counting officer”,

(b) in paragraph (1) for “rule 45(1B) of the elections rules” there were substituted “regulation 46(3) of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”, and

(c) in paragraph (2) for “rule 43(1) of the elections rules” there were substituted “regulation 44(1) of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 35 in force at 26.2.2016, see reg. 1