European Union (Amendment) Bill
THIRD
MARSHALLED
LIST OF AMENDMENTS
TO BE MOVED
ON REPORT
The amendments have been marshalled in accordance with the Instruction of 21st April 2008, as follows—
[Amendments marked * are new or have been altered]
Amendment
No.
| 29* | Page 4, line 2, leave out "Section 3" and insert "Sections 1 to 6" |
| 30* | Page 4, line 3, at end insert— |
| "(1A) | An order under subsection (1) shall not be made unless an affirmative answer has been given to the question specified in subsection (5) in a referendum held in accordance with subsections (4) to (9)." |
| 31* | Page 4, line 4, at beginning insert "In so far as it relates to section 3 (or the Schedule)" |
| 32* | Page 4, line 8, at end insert— |
| "(4) | Within six months of the passing of this Act, a referendum shall be held throughout the United Kingdom and Gibraltar on a day specified by an order made by a Minister of the Crown. |
| (5) | The question to be asked in the referendum is— |
| | "Should the United Kingdom approve the Lisbon Treaty? |
| (6) | A Minister of the Crown may by order make provision in relation to the referendum which— |
| (a) | determines the referendum period for the purposes of Part 7 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41); |
| (b) | requires ballot papers to be used by voters in Wales, after having set out the question and the possible answers in English, to set them out again, with equal prominence, in Welsh; and |
| (c) | makes provision as to— |
| (i) | the conduct of the referendum, |
| (ii) | entitlement to vote in the referendum, and |
| (iii) | legal challenge to the referendum result. |
| (7) | The question to be asked in the referendum in Welsh is— |
| | "A ddylai'r Deyrnas Gyfunol gymeradwyo Cytundeb Lisbon? |
| (8) | An order made under subsection (4) or (6) shall be made by statutory instrument. |
| (9) | A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (4) or (6) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament." |
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