SCHEDULE 3APPLICATION OF EXISTING PROVISIONS OF REGULATIONS

PART 2THE 2008 REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND)

Procedure in relation to declarations of identity99

Regulation 87 of the 2008 Regulations (procedure in relation to declarations of identity)188 applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if—

a

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

b

in paragraph (1)(b) for “rule 45(2)(b) and (2A) of the elections rules” there were substituted “regulation 46(5)(b) and (6) of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”.