Paragraph 7 Signature of application for absent voteI1

United Kingdom

Regulation 51A(a) of the relevant regulations (requirements that applications for an absent vote must be signed)^f1 has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if—

(a)

after “Schedule 4” there were inserted “or Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”, and

(b)

for “or the returning officer” there were substituted “, the returning officer or the counting officer”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 3 para. 7 in force at 26.2.2016, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: Regulation 51A of the England and Wales Regulations was inserted by regulation 4 of S.I. 2006/752 and substituted by regulation 33 of S.I. 2006/2910. Regulation 51A of the Scotland Regulations was inserted by regulation 4 of S.I. 2006/834 and substituted by regulation 4 of S.I. 2008/305.