The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016

Forwarding or retention of documents: England and Wales

48.—(1) Regulation 91 of the England and Wales Regulations (forwarding 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) When the counting officer forwards the documents mentioned in regulation 56 of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016, he shall forward to the same registration officer—

(a) any packets referred to in regulations 75, 77(6), 78(2C), 78A(2), 84(9) and 89, endorsing on each packet a description of its contents, the date of the referendum and the name of the voting area, and

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

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

(4) Paragraph (3A) has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if—

(a) for “returning officer” (in both places) there were substituted “counting officer”,

(b) the following were substituted for sub-paragraph (a)—

“(a) forward to the registration officer mentioned in that paragraph the list required to be compiled under regulation 87(4),”, and

(c) in sub-paragraph (b) for “constituency” there were substituted “voting area”.

(5) Paragraph (4) has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if for “Rules 56 and 57 of the elections rules” there were substituted “Regulations 57 and 58 of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”.

(6) 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 12 of S.I. 2006/752; regulation 53 of S.I. 2006/2910; and regulation 36 of S.I. 2013/3198.