SCHEDULE 3APPLICATION OF EXISTING PROVISIONS OF REGULATIONS

PART 1THE 2001 REGULATIONS (ENGLAND AND WALES) AND THE 2001 REGULATIONS (SCOTLAND)

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Regulation 83 of the relevant regulations (opening of postal voters’ ballot box) applies for the purposes of the referendum but as if—

a

for “returning officer” (in both places) there were substituted “counting officer”, and

b

in paragraph (3) for “rule 45 of the elections rules” there were substituted “regulation 46 of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”.