SCHEDULE 3APPLICATION OF EXISTING PROVISIONS OF REGULATIONS

PART 1THE 2001 REGULATIONS (ENGLAND AND WALES) AND THE 2001 REGULATIONS (SCOTLAND)

Alternative means of returning postal ballot paper or postal voting statement: England and WalesI134

Regulation 79 of the England and Wales Regulations (alternative means of returning postal ballot paper or postal voting statement)143 applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if—

a

for “returning officer” (in each place) there were substituted “counting officer”,

b

in paragraph (1) for “rule 45(1B) of the rules in Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act” there were substituted “regulation 46(3) of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”, and

c

in paragraph (3) for “rule 43(1) of the elections rules” there were substituted “regulation 44(1) of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”.