SCHEDULE 1 U.K.APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT 1983

PART 2 U.K.APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS

Illegal canvassing by police officers U.K.

26.  Section 100 of the 1983 Act(1) applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if in subsection (1)—

(a) for “as an elector” there were substituted “on that person’s own behalf”, and

(b) the words after “proxy” were omitted.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 26 in force at 26.2.2016, see reg. 1

(1)

Section 100 was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c.50) and section 78(2)(c) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c.32).