In this Act—

• “the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983;

• “the 2000 Act” means the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000;

• “the 2011 Act” means the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011;

• “body”, without more, means a body corporate or any combination of persons or other unincorporated association;

• “Chief Counting Officer” means the Chief Counting Officer for the referendum (see section 128(2) of the 2000 Act);

• “conduct regulations” means regulations under section 4(1)(a);

• “counting officer” has the meaning given by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3;

• “designated organisation” means a person or body designated under section 108 of the 2000 Act (designation of organisations to whom assistance is available) in respect of the referendum;

• “document” means a document in whatever form;

• “enactment” includes—

  1. a

     any provision of an Act,

  2. b

     any provision of, or of any instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament,

  3. c

     any provision of, or of any instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation, and

  4. d

     any provision of subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978);

• “Gibraltar conduct law” has the meaning given by section 5(2);

• “the Gibraltar standard scale” means the standard scale set out in Part A of Schedule 9 to the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act;

• “the Minister” means the Secretary of State or the F1Minister for the Cabinet Office;

• “permitted participant” means a person who, in relation to the referendum, is a permitted participant within the meaning given by section 105(1) of the 2000 Act (as modified by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1);

• “the referendum” means the referendum under section 1;

• “referendum expenses” has the meaning given by section 111 of the 2000 Act (see also paragraph 19 of Schedule 1);

• “the referendum period” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1;

• “Regional Counting Officer” means an officer appointed under paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 3;

• “registered party” and “minor party” have the same meaning as in the 2000 Act (see section 160(1) of that Act);

• “registration officer” has the meaning given by section 8 of the 1983 Act;

• “responsible person”, in relation to a permitted participant, means the responsible person within the meaning given by section 105(2) of the 2000 Act (as modified by paragraph 5 of Schedule 1);

• “voting area” has the meaning given by subsection (2).

References in this Act to a named Act (with no date) are to the Gibraltar Act of that name.