The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016

Payments for exhibition of election noticesU.K.

27.  Section 109 of the 1983 Act applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if—

(a)in subsection (1) for “the election of a candidate at an election” there were substituted “a particular result in the referendum”,

(b)in subsection (2) for “an election” there were substituted “the referendum”, and

(c)after subsection (2) there were inserted—

“(3) In this section “elector” means a person entitled to vote on his own behalf.”