PART 2Other Acts
Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
4Section 6A(4) of the 2000 Act (meaning of “relevant counting officer”) applies for the purposes of the referendum as if for paragraphs (a) and (b) there were substituted “in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011.”
5Section 9C of the 2000 Act (provision of information about expenditure) applies for the purposes of the referendum as if for the words in subsection (2)(c) after “in connection with” there were substituted “the referendum under section 1 of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011.”
6Section 128 of the 2000 Act (counting officers etc for referendums) applies for the purposes of the referendum as if—
(a)subsections (3), (4), (8) and (9)(b) were omitted;
(b)in subsection (5), for “the area for which he is appointed” there were substituted “the voting area for which he acts”;
(c)in subsection (9), for paragraph (a) there were substituted—
“(a)voting area” has the meaning given by section 7(2) of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011;”.
Electoral Administration Act 2006
7Section 71 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (restriction on powers of arrest by persons other than constables) applies for the purposes of the referendum as if the reference to section 60 of the 1983 Act (personation) were to that section as applied by Part 1 of this Schedule.