SCHEDULE 3APPLICATION OF EXISTING PROVISIONS OF REGULATIONS

PART 2THE 2008 REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND)

Procedure on issue of postal ballot paperI187

1

Regulation 76 of the 2008 Regulations (procedure on issue of postal ballot paper)183 applies for the purposes of the referendum but with the following modifications.

2

For those purposes paragraph (5) has effect as if—

a

in sub-paragraph (a) for “section 7(4A) of the 1985 Act” there were substituted “regulation 74(4) of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”, and

b

in sub-paragraph (b)—

i

for “section 9(9) of the 1985 Act” there were substituted “regulation 77(8) of those Regulations”, and

ii

for “section 9(9A) or (9B) of that Act” there were substituted “regulation 77(9) of those Regulations”.