SCHEDULE 3APPLICATION OF EXISTING PROVISIONS OF REGULATIONS

PART 1THE 2001 REGULATIONS (ENGLAND AND WALES) AND THE 2001 REGULATIONS (SCOTLAND)

Supply of marked registers and lists after an election: Scotland

61.

(1)

Regulation 117 of the Scotland Regulations (supply of marked registers and lists)166 applies for the purposes of the referendum but with the following modifications.

(2)

The regulation has effect for those purposes as if for “returning officer” (in each place) there were substituted “counting officer”.

(3)

Paragraph (1) has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if—

(a)

for the words from “regulation 99” to “parliamentary election” there were substituted “regulation 99, 105, 108 or 112 with copies of the full register”, and

(b)

at the end there were treated as inserted—

“The reference to a person entitled to be supplied in accordance with regulation 105 with copies of the full register does not include a person mentioned in regulation 105(1)(b).”

(4)

Paragraph (2) has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if—

(a)

for “regulation 102, 104, 105 or 107 before a particular election” there were substituted “regulation 105(1)(a) or (c) before the referendum”, and

(b)

for “that election for which the marked register or list was prepared” there were substituted “the referendum”.

(5)

Paragraph (6)(b) has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if for “regulations 99, 102, 104, 105, 107, 108 or 112” there were substituted “regulations 99, 105, 108 and 112”.

(6)

Paragraph (7) has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if for “regulations 99(3), 102(3), 104(4), 105(3), 107(5) or 108(3)” there were substituted “regulations 99(3), 105(3) or 108(3)”.