Paragraph 2

(1)

In relation to England and Wales or Scotland, section 13B of the 1983 Act has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if a reference to an election to which that section applies included a reference to the referendum.

(2)

In relation to Northern Ireland, section 13BA of the 1983 Act has effect for the purposes of the referendum as if—

(a)

a reference to an election to which that section applies included a reference to the referendum,

(b)

a reference to the final nomination day included a reference to the eleventh day before the date of the poll for the referendum,

(c)

a reference in subsection (4) to an election included a reference to the referendum, and

(d)

subsection (4)(b) referred also to the postal voters list or list of proxies kept for the referendum under paragraph 16(2) or (3) of Schedule 3.

(3)

A reference in any enactment to section 13B or 13BA of the 1983 Act includes (where the context allows) a reference to that section as modified by this paragraph.

(4)

Sub-paragraph (3) 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.