Alterations in the register
18.—(1) Section 13B of the 1983 Act(1) (alteration of register: pending elections) and regulations having effect in relation to that section(2) have effect for the purposes of the referendum as if a reference to an election to which that section applies included a reference to the referendum.
(2) A reference in any enactment to section 13B includes (where the context allows) a reference to that section as modified by this paragraph.
(3) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) have effect, in relation to any register, until the first publication after the referendum of a revised version of the register under section 13 of the 1983 Act.
A relevant amendment to section 13B was made by section 11 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006.
See in particular regulations 32, 36 and 36A of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/341) as amended by S.I. 2002/1871 and S.I. 2006/2910.