The Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendums Order 2004

Interpretation

2.  In this Order and in any provision as applied by this Order, unless the contrary intention appears—

“the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983(1);

“the 2000 Act” means the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000(2);

“the Elections Regulations” means the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001(3);

“the Preparations Act” means the Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Act 2003(4);

“the Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendum Rules” means the Rules set out in Schedule 1 to this Order;

“the RP Act 2000” means the Representation of the People Act 2000(5);

“ballot number” means a barcode, which may include printed letters and numbers, unique to each ballot pack;

“ballot pack” has the meaning given in rule 10(2) of the Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendum Rules;

“combined polls” means the poll at a Regional Assembly referendum and the poll at a local government referendum taken together;

“combined referendums” means a Regional Assembly referendum and local government referendum where the polls are taken together;

“list of ballot numbers issued” has the meaning given in rule 14(4) of the Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendum Rules;

“local government referendum” means a referendum held in a county area pursuant to an order under section 2(2) of the Preparations Act;

“permitted participant” has the same meaning as in section 105(1) and (1A) of the 2000 Act, as applied and modified by article 7 of, and the Table in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to, this Order;

“referendum” means a referendum to which this Order applies;

“referendum area” means the area in which the referendum is held;

“Regional Assembly referendum” means a referendum held in a region pursuant to an order under section 1(1) of the Preparations Act;

“voting area” means one of the following where comprised in the referendum area—

(a)

a district in England,

(b)

the Isle of Wight, or

(c)

the Isles of Scilly.

(1)

1983 c. 2.

(2)

2000 c. 41.

(3)

S.I. 2001/341, amended by S.I. 2001/1700 and S.I. 2002/1871.

(4)

2003. c. 10.

(5)

2000 c. 2.