19(1)Section 65(6) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (occupation for election meetings and polls) has effect as if—U.K.
(a)the reference to public meetings in furtherance of a person's candidature at an election included a reference to public meetings to promote or procure a particular outcome in relation to the question asked in the referendum, and
(b)the reference to use by a returning officer for the purpose of taking the poll in an election included a reference to use by a counting officer for the purposes of taking the poll in the referendum.
(2)Section 98 of the 1983 Act and rule 22(3) in Schedule 1 to that Act (which make equivalent provision, applying in Scotland and Northern Ireland) have effect as if—
(a)the reference in section 98 to public meetings in furtherance of a person's candidature at an election included a reference to public meetings to promote or procure a particular outcome in relation to the question asked in the referendum, and
(b)the reference in rule 22(3) to use for the purpose of taking the poll in an election included a reference to use by a counting officer for the purposes of taking the poll in the referendum.