81.—(1) Regulation 70 of the 2008 Regulations (interpretation of Part 5)(1) has effect for the purposes of the referendum with the following modifications.
(2) For those purposes the definition of “absent voters list” has effect as if for “section 7(4) of the 1985 Act” there were substituted “regulations 74(2) or (3) of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”.
(3) For the purposes of the referendum the definition of “agent” has effect as if the following were substituted for it—
““agent”, except in regulation 73, means a referendum agent or an agent appointed under regulation 73;”.
(4) For the purposes of the referendum the definition of “list of postal proxies” has effect as if for “section 9(9) of the 1985 Act” there were substituted “regulation 77(8) of the European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 81 in force at 26.2.2016, see reg. 1
Regulation 70 was amended by paragraph 76 of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2011/2085.