SCHEDULE 3Absent voting in the referendum
PART 2Northern Ireland
Interpretation
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In this Part of this Schedule—
“European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations” means the European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1267);
“Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order” means the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/454);
“peer” means a peer who is a member of the House of Lords;
“relevant register” means—
(a)
a register of parliamentary electors, or
(b)
in relation to a peer—
- (i)
a register of local government electors, or
- (ii)
a register of peers maintained under section 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (peers resident outside the United Kingdom);
“the 2008 regulations” means the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1741) as applied by Schedule 4;
“the 1985 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1985.