- Draft legislation
This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016 No. 219
93.—(1) Regulation 81A of the 2008 Regulations (tendered postal ballot papers)(1) applies for the purposes of the referendum but with the following modifications.
(2) Paragraph (1) has effect for those purposes as if for “rule 40ZA of the elections rules” there were substituted “regulation 39 of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”.
(3) Paragraph (2) has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if—
(a)for “a parliamentary election” there were substituted “the referendum”, and
(b)for “section 15 of the 1985 Act” there were substituted “regulations under section 4(2) of the European Union Referendum Act 2015”.
(4) Paragraph (4) has effect for the purposes of the referendum 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), for the words from “section 9(9)” to the end there were substituted “regulation 77(8) of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016 but for regulations 74(4) or 77(9) of those Regulations.”
(5) Paragraphs (5) to (11) have effect for the purposes of the referendum as if for “Chief Electoral Officer” (in each place) there were substituted “counting officer”.
(6) Paragraph (9) has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if—
(a)for “rule 40ZA(9) of the elections rules” there were substituted “regulation 39(9) of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”, and
(b)for “rule 40ZA(7) of the elections rules” there were substituted “regulation 39(7) of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”.
Regulation 81A was inserted by regulation 27 of S.I. 2014/1808.
The Whole Instrument you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.
Would you like to continue?
The Whole Instrument you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.
Would you like to continue?
The Whole Instrument you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.
Would you like to continue?
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
Draft Explanatory Memorandum sets out a brief statement of the purpose of a Draft Statutory Instrument and provides information about its policy objective and policy implications. They aim to make the Draft Statutory Instrument accessible to readers who are not legally qualified and accompany any Statutory Instrument or Draft Statutory Instrument laid before Parliament from June 2004 onwards.
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including: