SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3FURTHER PROVISION ABOUT THE REFERENDUM

Counting officers

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1

Accordingly, section 128 of the 2000 Act (Chief Counting Officers, and counting officers, for referendums) has effect for the purposes of the referendum with the following modifications.

2

For the purposes of the referendum subsection (3) is to be treated as omitted.

3

Subsection (5) has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if for the words “the area for which he is appointed” there were substituted “ the voting area for which the counting officer acts ”.

4

Subsection (9) has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if—

a

for paragraph (a) there were substituted—

a

voting area” has the meaning given by section 11 of the European Union Referendum Act 2015;

b

paragraph (b) were omitted, and

c

for paragraph (c) there were substituted—

c

the referendum area” means the United Kingdom and Gibraltar.