The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016

Persons convicted of corrupt or illegal practices: Gibraltar

114.  Regulation 107 of the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004(1) applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if—

(a) references to an illegal practice included an illegal practice under any provision of Gibraltar conduct law,

(b) references to a corrupt practice included a corrupt practice under any such provision,

(c) in paragraph (1) for “paragraph (2)” there were substituted “paragraphs (1A) and (2)”,

(d) after that paragraph there were inserted—

“(1A) Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to an act or omission that is an illegal practice by reason of being a contravention of Gibraltar conduct law (within the meaning of section 11(1) of the European Union Referendum Act 2015) in respect of which the Gibraltar court has made an order under any provision of Gibraltar conduct law making provision corresponding to regulation 108.”,

(e) the reference in paragraph (2) to regulation 23 included any provision of Gibraltar conduct law making provision corresponding to that regulation, and

(f) the reference in that paragraph to regulation 24 included any provision of Gibraltar conduct law making provision corresponding to that regulation.

(1)

S.I. 2004/293.