The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016

Retention of documents: Scotland

49.—(1) Regulation 91 of the Scotland Regulations (retention of documents)(1) applies for the purposes of the referendum but with the following modifications.

(2) For those purposes the following paragraph is to be treated as substituted for paragraph (1)—

“(1) The counting officer shall retain together with the documents mentioned in regulation 56 of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016—

(a) any packets referred to in regulations 75, 77(6), 78(2C), 78A(2), 84(8) and 89, endorsing on each packet a description of its contents, the date of the referendum and the name of the voting area,

(b) a completed statement in Form K of the number of postal ballot papers issued, and

(c) any list compiled under regulation 87(4).”

(3) Paragraph (2) has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if for “returning officer” (in both places) there were substituted “counting officer”.

(4) Paragraph (4) has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if—

(a) for “Rules 56, 57 and 58 of the elections rules” there were substituted “Regulations 57 and 58 of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”, and

(b) for “rules 56 and 57” there were substituted “those regulations”.

(5) Paragraph (5) has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if for “returning officer” there were substituted “counting officer”.

(1)

Regulation 91 was amended by regulation 11 of S.I. 2006/834; regulation 41 of S.I. 2007/925; regulations 2 and 3 of S.I. 2010/980; and regulation 37 of S.I. 2013/3206.