{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-union-referendum-conduct-regulations-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111142967",
  "legislation_title": "The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-union-referendum-conduct-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Alteration of registers pending the referendum: Northern Ireland",
  "text": "(1) In relation to Northern Ireland, section 13BA of the 1983 Act applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if—\n(a) in subsection (1)—\n(i) for the words from “the final nomination day” to “this section applies” there were substituted “the eleventh day before the date of the poll for the referendum”, and\n(ii) for “that election” there were substituted “the referendum”,\n(b) in subsection (2)—\n(i) for “an election to which this section applies” there were substituted “the referendum”, and\n(ii) for “the final nomination day” there were substituted “the eleventh day before the date of the poll for the referendum”,\n(c) in subsection (3A) for “the final nomination day” there were substituted “the eleventh day before the date of the poll for the referendum”,\n(d) in subsection (5), for “an election to which this section applies” there were substituted “the referendum”,\n(e) in each of subsections (7) and (8)—\n(i) for “an election to which this section applies” there were substituted “the referendum”, and\n(ii) for “the relevant election area” there were substituted “the area for which the registration officer acts”,\n(f) subsection (12) were omitted, and\n(g) the reference in subsection (13) to subsection (5) of section 13B were to that subsection as applied by paragraph 4(2) of this Schedule.\n(2) A reference in any enactment to section 13BA of the 1983 Act includes (where the context allows) a reference to that section as applied by this paragraph.\n(3) Sub-paragraph (2) has effect, in relation to any register, until the first publication after the referendum of a revised version of the register under section 13 of the 1983 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 13BA was inserted by section 6(2) of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c.33) and was amended by section 16(1) of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c.13) and paragraphs 1 and 6 of Schedule 2 to the Recall of MPs Act 2015 (c.25)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}