SCHEDULE 2APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF OTHER ACTS
PART 1POLITICAL PARTIES, ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUMS ACT 2000
Attendance of representatives of Electoral Commission at referendum proceedingsI11
Section 6A of the 2000 Act103 has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if for subsection (4) there were substituted—
4
In this section, “the relevant counting officer” means, in relation to proceedings at the referendum under section 1 of the European Union Referendum Act 2015, the counting officer for the voting area to which the proceedings relate (determined in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to that Act).
Observation of working practices by representatives of the Electoral CommissionI22
Section 6B of the 2000 Act104 has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if—
a
for subsection (1)(c) there were substituted—
c
a counting officer for the referendum under section 1 of the European Union Referendum Act 2015
b
subsection (2)(a) were omitted.
Accredited observers of referendum proceedings
I33
Section 6C of the 2000 Act105 has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if the following subsection were inserted after subsection (1)—
1A
In subsection (1)(c) the reference to “proceedings at the counting of votes” includes proceedings of—
a
a Regional Counting Officer in connection with the officer’s duty to certify the matters specified in paragraph 7(4) of Schedule 3 to the European Union Referendum Act 2015, and
b
the Chief Counting Officer in connection with the officer’s duty to certify the matters specified in section 128(6).
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Section 6D of the 2000 Act106 has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if the following subsection were inserted after subsection (1)—
1A
In subsection (1)(c) the reference to “proceedings at the counting of votes” includes proceedings of—
a
a Regional Counting Officer in connection with the officer’s duty to certify the matters specified in paragraph 7(4) of Schedule 3 to the European Union Referendum Act 2015, and
b
the Chief Counting Officer in connection with the officer’s duty to certify the matters specified in section 128(6).
Provision to the Electoral Commission of information about expenditureI55
Section 9C of the 2000 Act107 has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if for subsection (2)(c) there were substituted—
c
in the case of a counting officer for the referendum under section 1 of the European Union Referendum Act 2015, expenditure in connection with that referendum.
Right to use rooms for holding public meetingsI66
Paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 12 to the 2000 Act has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if after “public funds” there were inserted “, Gibraltar public funds”.
PART 2APPLICATION OF OTHER ENACTMENTS
Premises used for referendum purposes in England and WalesI77
Section 65(6) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988108 (which makes provision for England and Wales corresponding to section 98 of and rule 22(3) in Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act) applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if—
a
the reference in paragraph (a) to public meetings in furtherance of a person’s candidature at a parliamentary or local government election included public meetings to promote or procure a particular result in the referendum, and
b
the reference in paragraph (b) to use by a returning officer for the purpose of taking the poll in a parliamentary or local government election included use by a counting officer for the purpose of taking the poll in the referendum.
Restriction on powers of arrest at polling station by persons other than constablesI88
Section 71 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006109 applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if the reference to an offence under section 60 of the 1983 Act were a reference to an offence under that section as applied by Schedule 1.