The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016 No. 219

SCHEDULE 2 U.K. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF OTHER ACTS

PART 1 U.K. POLITICAL PARTIES, ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUMS ACT 2000

Attendance of representatives of Electoral Commission at referendum proceedings U.K.

1.  Section 6A of the 2000 Act(1) has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if for subsection (4) there were substituted—

“(4) In this section, “the relevant counting officer” means, in relation to proceedings at the referendum under section 1 of the European Union Referendum Act 2015, the counting officer for the voting area to which the proceedings relate (determined in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to that Act).”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 26.2.2016, see reg. 1

(1)

Section 6A was inserted by section 29 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22). There are amendments that are not relevant to these Regulations.