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Schedule  4,  page  117,  line  5,  leave out from beginning to ‘appointed’ in line 7 and

insert ‘relevant registration officer’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Schedule  4,  page  117,  line  21,  leave out from ‘paragraph’ to end of line 24 and

insert ‘relevant registration officer’ has the meaning given by rule 49(3) of the referendum

rules.’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

54

Schedule  4,  page  118,  column 2, leave out lines 38 to 41.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Schedule  4,  page  119,  line  3,  leave out ‘the’ and insert ‘a’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Schedule  4,  page  119,  line  4,  leave out ‘the’ and insert ‘each relevant’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Schedule  4,  page  119,  line  17,  leave out ‘regulation “relevant’ and insert—

‘regulation—

“relevant counting officer” in

relation to a registration

officer—

(a)	means a counting

officer for a voting area

that is the same as, or

falls wholly or partly

within, the registration

officer’s registration

area, but

(b)	does not include a

counting officer who is

the same individual as

the registration officer.

“relevant’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Schedule  4,  page  120,  leave out lines 15 to 18.

The Deputy Prime Minister

59

Schedule  4,  page  120,  line  20,  leave out ‘the’ and insert ‘a’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Schedule  4,  page  120,  line  21,  leave out ‘the’ and insert ‘each relevant’.

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The Deputy Prime Minister

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Schedule  4,  page  120,  line  34,  leave out ‘regulation “relevant’ and insert—

‘regulation—

“relevant counting officer” in

relation to a registration

officer—

(a)	means a counting

officer for a voting area

that is the same as, or

falls wholly or partly

within, the registration

officer’s registration

area, but

(b)	does not include a

counting officer who is

the same individual as

the registration officer.

“relevant’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Schedule  4,  page  122,  line  5,  leave out ‘are to a registration officer mentioned in

rule 49(1)(a)’ and insert ‘have the meaning given by rule 49(3)’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Schedule  4,  page  123,  line  42,  at end insert ‘UNITED KINGDOM’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Schedule  4,  page  132,  line  34,  at end insert ‘UNITED KINGDOM’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

65

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  4,  leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert ‘has the

meaning given by paragraph 1A of Schedule 1;’.

The Deputy Prime Minister

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Clause  5,  page  4,  leave out lines 19 to 22 and insert—

‘(2)	Each of the following, as it exists on the day of the referendum, is a “voting area”

for the purposes of this Part—

(a)	a district in England for which there is a district council;

(b)	a county in England in which there are no districts with councils;

(c)	a London borough;

(d)	the City of London (including the Inner and Middle Temples);

(e)	the Isles of Scilly;

(f)	a constituency for the National Assembly for Wales;

(g)	a constituency for the Scottish Parliament;

(h)	Northern Ireland.’.

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Clause  9,  page  10,  leave out lines 8 and 9 and insert—

‘(a)	in England, the boundaries of—

(i)	each county for which there is a county council,

(ii)	each district that is not in such a county, and

(iii)

each London borough,’.

Press comment etc not subject to spending controls

The Deputy Prime Minister

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To move the following Clause:—

‘Expenses incurred in respect of the publication of any matter relating to the

referendum, other than an advertisement, in—

(a)	a newspaper or periodical,

(b)	a broadcast made by the British Broadcasting Corporation or Sianel

Pedwar Cymru, or

(c)	a programme included in any service licensed under Part 1 or 3 of the

Broadcasting Act 1990 or Part 1 or 2 of the Broadcasting Act 1996,

are not “referendum expenses” for the purposes of Part 7 of the 2000 Act.’.

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Revised 12 October 2010