Greater London Authority (Referendum) Act 1998

2 Entitlement to vote

(1) Those entitled to vote in the referendum shall be—

(a) the persons who, on the date of the referendum, would be entitled to vote as electors at a local government election in any London borough, and

(b) the persons who, on that date, would be entitled to vote as electors at a ward election by virtue of section 6(1)(b) of the [1957 c. x.] City of London (Various Powers) Act 1957 (persons resident in wards of the City).

(2) Subsection (1) shall have effect subject to any provision of an Order in Council under section 4 which provides for alterations made after a specified date in a register of electors, or a ward list, to be disregarded.

(3) In this section “ward election” and “ward list” have the same meaning as in section 4 of the Act of 1957.