SCHEDULE 1APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT 1983

PART 2APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS

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1

Section 49 of the 1983 Act67 applies for the purposes of the referendum but with the following modifications.

2

Subsection (4) has effect for those purposes as if—

a

for “any purpose of this Part relating to him as elector” there were substituted “any purpose of this Part, the European Union Referendum Act 2015 or the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”, and

b

for “as an elector except” to the end there were substituted “as a person entitled to vote by virtue of that entry unless the day fixed for the poll for the referendum is that or a later date”.

3

Subsection (5) has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if the following were omitted—

a

the words “prevent the rejection of the vote on a scrutiny, or”, and

b

paragraph (b)(iv).

4

For the avoidance of doubt, in section 49 of the 1983 Act as applied by this paragraph—

a

“voting age” has the same meaning as in section 49 as it has effect apart from this Schedule, but

b

“vote” as a verb is to be read in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Schedule.