Referendum (Jersey)
Law 2002
A LAW to provide for the holding of
referendums in Jersey
Commencement
[see endnotes]
1 Holding
of a referendum
(1) The
States may by Act resolve that a referendum be held on any matter, and this Law
shall apply in any case where the States have so resolved.
(2) The
Act shall –
(a) fix
the date for the holding of the referendum; and
(b) set
out the form of the ballot paper to be used in the referendum, including the
text of the question or questions to be asked in the referendum.
(3) The
Act –
(a) may
make such other provision as to the conduct of the referendum and for
announcing its result as the States consider necessary or expedient; and
(b) without
prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (a), may, subject to Articles 2
and 3, apply in relation to the referendum, with such adaptations,
modifications or exceptions as may be specified in the Act, any provisions of
any enactment for the time being in force relating to public elections to the
States, including any provisions that create or relate to offences.
2 Persons
entitled to vote
(1) A
person shall be entitled to vote in the referendum if, at midday on the day
that is 21 days before the date of the referendum, the person’s name is
on an electoral register kept for the purposes of public elections to the
States.[1]
(2) Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), where an Act under Article 1 has the
effect that a referendum is to be held on the same day as an ordinary election
that is to be held pursuant to Article 6 of the States of Jersey Law 2005[2], the Act may provide that
the persons who are entitled to vote in the referendum are the persons who are
entitled to vote in the ordinary election.[3]
3 Exclusion
of legal proceedings
No court shall entertain any proceedings for questioning the numbers
of any ballot papers counted, or the answer given, in the referendum.
4 Expenses
The expenses incurred in the holding of the referendum shall be
defrayed in such manner as the Act of the States providing for the referendum
may prescribe or, otherwise, out of the annual income of the States.
5 Citation
This Law may be cited as the Referendum (Jersey) Law 2002.