3.—(1) The counting officer must give public notice of the referendum not later than the twenty-fifth day before the date of the poll at the referendum.
(2) The notice must be in English and Welsh and must state—
(a)the date of the poll;
(b)the question to appear on the ballot paper and the statement to precede that question on the ballot paper;
(c)the hours of polling;
(d)a description of who is entitled to vote; and
(e)the date by which the following applications must reach the registration officer in order that they may be effective for the referendum—
(i)applications to vote by post or by proxy; and
(ii)other applications and notices about postal or proxy voting.