4(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.U.K.
(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.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 4 in force at 1.2.2016 by S.I. 2016/69, reg. 2