{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-referendum-conduct-regulations-2016/regulation-70",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/219",
  "legislation_title": "The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-referendum-conduct-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/70",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": "Overview and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Chapter of this Part contains provision about voting in the referendum in Northern Ireland.\n(2) In this Chapter of this Part—\n“anonymous entry”, in relation to a register of electors, is to be read in accordance with section 9B of the 1983 Act;\n“peer” means a peer who is a member of the House of Lords;\n“relevant register” means—\n(a)a register of parliamentary electors, or\n(b)in relation to a peer—\n(i)a register of local electors, or\n(ii)a register of peers maintained under section 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (peers resident outside the United Kingdom);\n“the 2008 Regulations” means the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008 as applied by Part 2 of Schedule 3;\n“the 1985 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1985.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 70 in force at 26.2.2016, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/1741. Relevant amendments were made by section 14 of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c.13); S.I. 2010/278; 2011/2085; and 2014/1808."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/219/regulation/70",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:26:59.795204+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}