Paragraph 4 Accredited observers of referendum proceedingsI1

Section 6D of the 2000 Act^f1 has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if the following subsection were inserted after subsection (1)—

“(1A)

In subsection (1)(c) the reference to “proceedings at the counting of votes” includes proceedings of—

(a)

a Regional Counting Officer in connection with the officer’s duty to certify the matters specified in paragraph 7(4) of Schedule 3 to the European Union Referendum Act 2015, and

(b)

the Chief Counting Officer in connection with the officer’s duty to certify the matters specified in section 128(6).”