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Northern Ireland Negotiations (Referendum) Order 1998

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Entitlement to vote

4.—(1) Those persons 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 parliamentary election in any constituency in Northern Ireland, except any person registered in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration under section 2 of the 1985 Act, and

(b)those peers who, on that date, would be entitled to vote as electors at a local election in any local government district there.

(2) An alteration made in a register of electors after 11th day before the date of the poll shall not have effect for the purposes of the referendum.

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