- a voting area
has the meaning given by section 7(2) of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011;”
- Assembly constituency
means a constituency for the National Assembly for Wales.
- Assembly constituency election
means an election for the return of an Assembly constituency member (within the meaning of section 1 of the Government of Wales Act 2006);
- Assembly election
means an election to the Northern Ireland Assembly;
- Assembly Elections Rules
means the parliamentary elections rules as applied for the purposes of Assembly elections by Article 3(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2599);
- Assembly regional election
means an election for the return of an Assembly regional member (within the meaning of section 1 of the Government of Wales Act 2006);
- Chief Counting Officer
means the Chief Counting Officer for the referendum (see section 128(2) of the 2000 Act);
- Chief Electoral Officer
means the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland;
- constituency ballot paper
means a ballot paper for the poll for electing a constituency member in a Scottish parliamentary election;
- count
includes a re-count and “re-count” includes a further re-count.
- counting agent
means a counting agent for the referendum or a counting agent for a relevant election (except where one or other is specified);
- counting officer
has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1;
- declaration made by the companion of a voter with disabilities
means a declaration made by a companion under—
- elector
means a person who is entitled to vote on his or her own behalf in the referendum;
- enactment
includes— (a) any provision of an Act, (b) any provision of, or of any instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament, (c) any provision of, or of any instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation, and (d) any provision of subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978);
- European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations
means the European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1267);
- European Parliamentary Elections Regulations
means the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/293);
- licence to drive a motor vehicle
means a licence granted under— and includes a Community licence within the meaning of those enactments.
- list of voters with disabilities assisted by companions
means a list compiled under—
- list of votes marked by the presiding officer
means a list compiled under—
- local authority
means— (a) a county council in England;
- local authority election in England
means the election of a councillor of any of the following— (a) a county council in England;
- local election
has the meaning given in section 130(1) of the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962;
- Local Elections (Combination of Polls) Rules
means the rules set out in Schedule 3 to the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) Rules 2006 (S.I. 2006/3304);
- Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order
means the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/454);
- Local Elections Rules
means the rules set out in Schedule 5 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962.
- local government election
includes a municipal election in the City of London (that is, an election to the office of mayor, alderman, common councilman or sheriff and also the election of any officer elected by the mayor, aldermen and liverymen in common hall).
- local referendum
means a referendum held in England under Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000;
- local referendum in England
means a referendum held in England under Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000;
- Local Referendums (Combination of Polls) Rules
means the rules set out in Schedule 5 to the Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2089);
- mayoral election in England
means an election in England for the return of an elected mayor as defined by section 39(1) of the Local Government Act 2000;
- Mayoral Elections (Combination of Polls) Rules
means the rules set out in Schedule 3 to the Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1024);
- Northern Ireland local election
means a local election as defined by section 130(1) of the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962;
- Parish Elections (Combination of Polls) Rules
means the rules set out in Schedule 3 to the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) Rules 2006 (S.I. 2006/3305).
- peer
means a peer who is a member of the House of Lords;
- permitted participant
has the same meaning as in Part 7 of the 2000 Act (see section 105(1) of that Act);
- qualifying address
means the address in respect of which a person is entitled to be registered on the register of electors;
- re-count
includes a further re-count.
- referendum agent
means a person appointed under paragraph 11 of Schedule 1;
- referendum ballot paper
means a ballot paper for the referendum;
- referendum rules
means the rules in Part 1 of Schedule 2;
- regional ballot paper
means a ballot paper for the poll for electing a regional member in a Scottish parliamentary election;
- Regional Counting Officer
means an officer appointed under paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 1;
- regional returning officer
has the meaning given by section 12(6) of the Scotland Act 1998;
- registration officer
has the meaning given in section 8 of the 1983 Act;
- relevant benefit
means any relevant donation or regulated transaction (within the meaning of Schedule 15A) made by, or entered into with, the person who made the donation.””
- relevant form
means any of the following—
- relevant proxy appointment
means—
- relevant register
means— (a) a register of parliamentary electors, or (b) in relation to a peer— (i) a register of local government electors, or (ii) a register of peers maintained under section 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (peers resident outside the United Kingdom);
- responsible person
has the same meaning as in Part 7 of the 2000 Act (see section 105(2) of that Act).
- returning officer
means a person who is a constituency returning officer or a regional returning officer (unless one or the other is specified);
- Scottish parliamentary election
means an election in a constituency held under section 2 of the Scotland Act 1998 (comprising the poll for electing a constituency member and the poll for electing regional members);
- Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules
means the rules set out in Schedule 2 to the 2010 Order.
- Scottish parliamentary general election
means an ordinary election under section 2 of the Scotland Act 1998;
- tendered votes list
means a list compiled under—
- the 1983 Act
means the Representation of the People Act 1983;
- the 1985 Act
means the Representation of the People Act 1985.
- the 2000 Act
means the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000;
- the 2008 Regulations
means— (a) the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1741) as applied for purposes of the referendum by Part 4 of Schedule 4, and (b) those regulations as applied for the purposes of Assembly elections by Article 3(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2599);
- the 2010 Order
means the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2999);
- the appropriate area
means the voting area containing the address in respect of which the elector is registered.
- the court
includes a reference to that Auditor.
- the Local Elections Order
means the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/454).
- the Minister
means the Lord President of the Council or the Secretary of State;
- the permitted period
means the period of 6 weeks beginning with—
- the referendum
means the referendum under section 1;
- the RPA 2000
means the Representation of the People Act 2000.
- The United Kingdom electoral quota
has the meaning given by rule 2(3). 7 A reference in rule 6 to an area is to the area as it existed on the coming into force of Part 2 of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011.”
- the Welsh Assembly Order
means the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/236).
- turnout
means the percentage of those entitled to vote in the referendum who did so.
- United Kingdom electoral quota
means— where U is the electorate of the United Kingdom minus the electorate of the constituencies mentioned in rule 6. 3 1 Each constituency shall be wholly in one of the four parts of the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland). 2 The number of constituencies in each part of the United Kingdom shall be determined in accordance with the allocation method set out in rule 8. 4 1 A constituency shall not have an area of more than 13,000 square kilometres. 2 A constituency does not have to comply with rule 2(1)(a) if— a it has an area of more than 12,000 square kilometres, and b the Boundary Commission concerned are satisfied that it is not reasonably possible for the constituency to comply with that rule. 5 1 A Boundary Commission may take into account, if and to such extent as they think fit— a special geographical considerations, including in particular the size, shape and accessibility of a constituency;
- voter
means a person voting in the referendum and includes a person voting as proxy and “vote” (whether noun or verb) is be construed accordingly;
- Welsh Assembly general election
means an ordinary election under section 3 of the Government of Wales Act 2006.