30.—(1) Regulation 76 of the relevant regulations (delivery of postal ballot papers) applies for the purposes of the referendum but with the following modifications.
(2) For those purposes paragraph (1) has effect as if—
(a)for “returning officer” there were substituted “counting officer”, and
(b)in sub-paragraph (c), for “rule 26(1) of the elections rules” there were substituted “regulation 19 of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016.”
(3) For the purposes of the referendum paragraph (2) has effect as if for “returning officer” there were substituted “counting officer”.