SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Further provisions about the referendum

Grants to designated organisations may be paid in instalments

16(1)This paragraph applies to a grant under subsection (2) of section 110 of the 2000 Act (assistance available to designated organisations) made in respect of the referendum.

(2)The grant may be paid in whatever instalments the Electoral Commission consider appropriate.

(3)Instalments may be withheld if the Commission are satisfied that the designated organisation concerned has failed to comply with a condition imposed under section 110(3) of the 2000 Act.

(4)Section 110(2) of the 2000 Act, in so far as it requires the grant to be of the same amount in the case of each designated organisation, has effect in relation to the referendum subject to sub-paragraph (3).