The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016

Supply of marked registers and lists after an election: ScotlandU.K.

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

61.—(1) Regulation 117 of the Scotland Regulations (supply of marked registers and lists)(1) 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)”.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 3 para. 61 in force at 26.2.2016, see reg. 1

(1)

Regulation 117 inserted by regulation 47 of S.I. 2007/925 and amended by regulation 14(4) of S.I. 2008/305 and regulations 2 and 5 of S.I. 2010/980.