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Introductory text

United Kingdom

Referendums

Representation Of The People

Made 25th February 2016

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(1), (4) and (5), 5(1), 9(5) and 11(1) of the European Union Referendum Act 2015f1.

In accordance with section 4(6) of the European Union Referendum Act 2015, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has consulted the Electoral Commission.

A draft of this instrument has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to section 9(2) of that Act.

Accordingly, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster makes the following Regulations:C1C2

Annotations

Modifications

C1

Regulations modified (W.) (27.2.2016) by The European Union Referendum (Welsh Forms) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/220), art. 4(4), Sch. 2

C2

Regulations: power to modify conferred (W.) (27.2.2016) by The European Union Referendum (Welsh Forms) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/220), art. 3, Sch. 1

Footnotes

f1

2015 c.36. See the definition of “the Minister” in section 11(1).