SCHEDULE 1APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT 1983

PART 2APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS

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Section 47 of the 1983 Act66 applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if—

a

in subsection (1) the reference to the returning officer at a local government election included a counting officer for the referendum for a voting area anywhere in the United Kingdom, and

b

in subsection (2) the reference to the returning officer at an election mentioned there included a counting officer for the referendum for a voting area in England, Wales or Scotland.