(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.