The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016

PART 1 INTRODUCTORY

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

Extent

2.—(1) These Regulations extend to the whole of the United Kingdom.

(2) The following provisions extend also to Gibraltar—

(a) this Part,

(b) regulation 82,

(c) paragraphs 3 and 9 of Schedule 1 (extent and application and modification of section 52 of the 1983 Act) and regulation 79 (introduction of Schedule 1) to the extent that it introduces those paragraphs,

(d) Part 1 of Schedule 2 (application of provisions of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000) and regulation 80 (introduction of Schedule 2) to the extent that it introduces that Part, and

(e) paragraph 112 of Schedule 3 (right of audience and right to conduct litigation of Gibraltar persons in referendum proceedings), paragraphs 114 and 115 of that Schedule (persons convicted of corrupt or illegal practices: Gibraltar) and regulation 81 (introduction of Schedule 3) to the extent that it introduces those paragraphs.

Interpretation

3.  In these Regulations “the 2015 Act” means the European Union Referendum Act 2015.