The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016

Alteration of registers pending the referendum: England, Wales and Scotland U.K.

4.—(1) In relation to England, Wales and Scotland, section 13AB of the 1983 Act(1) applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if—

(a) in subsection (1)(b) for “the relevant election area” there were substituted “the area for which the registration officer acts”,

(b) in subsection (4) for “an election to which this section applies” there were substituted “the referendum”,

(c) in subsection (5) for “the last day on which nomination papers may be delivered to the returning officer for the purposes of the election” there were substituted “the nineteenth working day before the date of the poll for the referendum”,

[F1 (ca) in subsection (6), for “the appropriate publication date” there were substituted “20 June 2016”,]

(d) subsection (8) were omitted,

F2 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f) after subsection (9) there were inserted—

“(10) In this section “working day” means a day that is not—

(a) a Saturday or Sunday,

(b) Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or any other day that is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom,

(c) a bank holiday or public holiday in Gibraltar under the Gibraltar Acts titled the Banking and Financial Dealings Act and the Interpretation and General Clauses Act, or

(d) a day appointed in any part of the United Kingdom or Gibraltar as a day of public thanksgiving or mourning.”

[F3 (2) In relation to England, Wales and Scotland, section 13B of the 1983 Act applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) for “the fifth day before the date of the poll for an election to which this section applies” there were substituted “20 June 2016”, and

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

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) in paragraph (a), for “the appropriate publication date in the case of an election to which this section applies” there were substituted “20 June 2016”,

(ii) in paragraph (b), for “the relevant election area” there were substituted “the area for which the registration officer acts”, and

(iii) in paragraph (c), for “the fifth day before the date of the poll” there were substituted “20 June 2016”,

(c) in subsection (3)(a), for “the appropriate publication date” there were substituted “20 June 2016”,

(d) in each of subsections (3A) and (3C)—

(i) for “the appropriate publication date in the case of an election to which this section applies” there were substituted “20 June 2016”, and

(ii) for “the relevant election area” there were substituted “the area for which the registration officer acts”, and

(e) subsections (4) and (5) were omitted.]

(3) A reference in any enactment to section 13AB or 13B of the 1983 Act includes (where the context allows) a reference to that section as applied by this paragraph.

(4) Sub-paragraph (3) has effect, in relation to any register, until the first publication after the referendum of a revised version of the register under section 13 of the 1983 Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(ca) inserted (9.6.2016) by The European Union Referendum (Voter Registration) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/636), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)

F2 Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(e) omitted (9.6.2016) by virtue of The European Union Referendum (Voter Registration) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/636), regs. 1, 3(2)(b)

F3 Sch. 1 para. 4(2) substituted (9.6.2016) by The European Union Referendum (Voter Registration) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/636), regs. 1, 3(3)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 26.2.2016, see reg. 1

(1)

Section 13AB was inserted by section 16(1) and (3) of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c.6) and was amended by paragraphs 1 and 4 of Schedule 2 to the Recall of MPs Act 2015 (c.25).