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| | (4) | A person‘s qualifying address is the address in respect of which the person is |
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| | (5) | A person‘s voter number is such number (with or without any letters) as is for the |
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| | (c) | has attained the age of 16, or will attain that age on or before the date on |
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| | which the poll at an independence referendum is to be held. |
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| | (7) | In the case of a person who has not yet attained the age of 16— |
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| | (a) | the person‘s entry in the register must state the date on which the person |
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| | (8) | Where a person to whom subsection (7) applies has an anonymous entry in the |
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| | register, the references in that subsection to the person’s entry in the register are |
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| | (9) | In this section, “the relevant date” mean the date on which an application for |
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| | This amendment extends the franchise in the referendum to 16 and 17 year olds. |
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| Clause 4, page 2, line 30, at end insert— |
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| | allow all those entitled to vote in the referendum to vote by electronic means.” |
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| | The amendment would provide for electronic voting in the referendum. |
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| | “(2) | The referendum shall not be held on the same day as: |
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| | (b) | elections to the National Assembly for Wales; |
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| | (c) | elections for the Mayor of London; or |
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| | The amendment would prevent the referendum being held on the same day as Scottish Parliament, |
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| | “(2) | The referendum shall not be held on the same day as elections, other than by- |
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| | (b) | the National Assembly for Wales; |
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| | (c) | the Northern Ireland Assembly; |
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| | (d) | the Gibraltar Parliament; |
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| | (e) | Police and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales; |
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| | (f) | the London Assembly and Mayor of London; or |
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| | (g) | local authorities and mayors in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar.” |
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| | “(5) | Regulations made under this Act or the 2000 Act in respect of the referendum |
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| | The purpose of the amendment is to ensure the legislative framework for the referendum is clear |
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| | | “Impartiality of broadcasters |
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| | (1) | Notwithstanding any enactment or legal instrument, before the start of the |
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| | referendum period the Secretary of State shall by regulations make provision to |
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| | (2) | Regulations made under this section must include provision for the appointment |
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| | (3) | Regulations made under this section must require the referendum broadcasting |
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| | notwithstanding any relevant guidance currently in force or in draft; and |
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| | (b) | to make arrangements by which an allegations of breach of the guidance |
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| | where an allegation, in the adjudicator’s view, is vexatious or frivolous |
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| | to dismiss the allegation. |
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| | (4) | Guidance published under subsection (3)(a) shall apply to— |
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| | (a) | the holder of a licence under the Broadcasting Act 1990 or 1996 and |
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| | (b) | the British Broadcasting Corporation. |
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| | (5) | Regulations made under this section shall require the referendum broadcasting |
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| | adjudicator within one day of receipt of an allegation that a broadcaster has |
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| | breached the guidance on impartiality to determine whether the guidance has |
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| | been breached and publish its determination and, where a breach has taken place, |
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| | to require the broadcaster to remedy the breach within one day. |
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| | (6) | Regulations made under this section are to be made by statutory instrument which |
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| | The intention of this amendment is to ensure impartiality of television and radio broadcasters |
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| | That the following provisions shall apply to the European Union Referendum Bill: |
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| | 1. | The Bill shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House. |
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| | 2. | Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be taken in two days. |
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| | 3. | The proceedings shall be taken on the days shown in the first column of the |
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| | following Table and in the order so shown. |
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| | 4. | The proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a |
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| | conclusion at the times specified in the second column of the Table. |
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| | 5. | Any proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) |
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| | day on which those proceedings are commenced. |
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| | 6. | Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be |
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| | brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day. |
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| | 7. | Standing Order No 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to |
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| | Consideration or to proceedings on Third Reading. |
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| | 8. | Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on |
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| | consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the |
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