# The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016, Regulation 21: Notification that certain electors entitled to absent vote


(1) As soon as practicable after the publication of notice of the referendum, a registration officer must—
(a) notify those peers who are within entry 2, 4 or 5 of the table in regulation 63(2) or 74(2) that they are entitled to vote by post in the referendum;
(b) notify those electors who are within entry 2, 3, 4 or 5 of the table in regulation 63(3) or 74(3) that they are entitled to vote by proxy in the referendum.
(2) A notice given to a person under paragraph (1)(b) must—
(a) in the case of a person within entry 2 of the table, state that the person’s entitlement to vote by proxy in the referendum arises by virtue of the person’s inclusion in the list of proxies for a specified poll mentioned in that entry;
(b) in the case of a person within entry 3 of the table, state that the person’s entitlement to vote by proxy in the referendum arises by virtue of the person’s inclusion in the record kept under paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 or (as the case may be) section 6 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 as voting by proxy at parliamentary elections;
(c) in the case of a peer within entry 4 of the table, state that the peer’s entitlement to vote by proxy in the referendum arises by virtue of the peer’s inclusion in the record kept under paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 or (as the case may be) paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 as voting by proxy;
(d) in the case of a peer within entry 5 of the table, state that the peer’s entitlement to vote by proxy in the referendum arises by virtue of the peer’s inclusion in the record kept under paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004 or (as the case may be) regulation 8 of the European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004 as voting by proxy.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111142967/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-union-referendum-conduct-regulations-2016/regulation-21
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