8: Clause 3, page 2, line 42, at end insert ““, and
(d) the Electoral Commission have issued a certificate stating whether or not it appears to them that more than 40 per cent of the persons entitled to vote in the referendum have voted in it.
( ) If the certificate issued under subsection (2)(d) states that more than 40 per cent of the persons entitled to vote in the referendum have voted in it, the decision may be approved.
( ) If the certificate issued under subsection (2)(d) states that fewer than 40 per cent of the persons entitled to vote in the referendum have voted in it, the decision may not be approved unless—
(a) in each House of Parliament a Minister of the Crown has moved a motion that the House approves Her Majesty’s Government’s intention to approve the decision, and
(b) each House has agreed to the motion without amendment.””
Amendment 8 agreed.
Amendment 9
Moved by
European Union Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Williamson of Horton
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 8 June 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Union Bill.
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