The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016

Alteration of registers pending the referendum: Northern Ireland U.K.

5.—(1) In relation to Northern Ireland, section 13BA of the 1983 Act(1) applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) for the words from “the final nomination day” to “this section applies” there were substituted “the eleventh day before the date of the poll for the referendum”, and

(ii) for “that election” there were substituted “the referendum”,

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) for “an election to which this section applies” there were substituted “the referendum”, and

(ii) for “the final nomination day” there were substituted “the eleventh day before the date of the poll for the referendum”,

(c) in subsection (3A) for “the final nomination day” there were substituted “the eleventh day before the date of the poll for the referendum”,

(d) in subsection (5), for “an election to which this section applies” there were substituted “the referendum”,

(e) in each of subsections (7) and (8)—

(i) for “an election to which this section applies” there were substituted “the referendum”, and

(ii) for “the relevant election area” there were substituted “the area for which the registration officer acts”,

(f) subsection (12) were omitted, and

[F1 (g) for subsection (13) there were substituted—

“(13) Subsection (6) of section 13B applies for the purposes of this section as it applies for the purposes of that section.

(14) In this section, “the appropriate publication date”, in relation to the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland and the referendum, means either the sixth or the fifth day before the date of the poll for the referendum, as the Chief Electoral Officer may determine.”]

(2) A reference in any enactment to section 13BA of the 1983 Act includes (where the context allows) a reference to that section as applied by this paragraph.

(3) Sub-paragraph (2) has 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.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 5(1)(g) substituted (9.6.2016) by The European Union Referendum (Voter Registration) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/636), regs. 1, 3(4)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 26.2.2016, see reg. 1

(1)

Section 13BA was inserted by section 6(2) of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c.33) and was amended by section 16(1) of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c.13) and paragraphs 1 and 6 of Schedule 2 to the Recall of MPs Act 2015 (c.25).