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require the holding of a referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon and to require the |
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repeal of the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 if the decision to ratify is |
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not approved in the referendum; and for connected purposes. |
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Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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1 | Holding of a referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon |
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(1) | A referendum shall be held throughout the United Kingdom and Gibraltar on |
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the day specified by an order made by a Minister of the Crown. |
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(2) | The question to be asked in the referendum is— |
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| “Do you agree with the Government’s decision to ratify the Lisbon |
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(3) | A Minister of the Crown may by order make provision in relation to the |
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(a) | determines the referendum period for the purposes of Part 7 of the |
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Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000; |
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(b) | requires ballot papers to be used by voters in Wales, after having set out |
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the question and the possible answers in English, to set them out again, |
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with equal prominence, in Welsh; |
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(c) | makes provision in relation to the conduct of the referendum, |
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entitlement to vote in the referendum and legal challenge to the |
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2 | Repeal of the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 |
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(1) | If the decision to ratify the Lisbon Treaty is not approved in a majority of the |
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votes cast in the referendum the Secretary of State must— |
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(a) | report to Parliament within 6 months of the referendum taking place on |
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how the Government intends to renegotiate the terms of the United |
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Kingdom’s relationship with the European Union so that the terms are |
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the same as those in place before the Lisbon Treaty was ratified; |
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(b) | set out a timetable for the repeal of the European Union (Amendment) |
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Act 2008, taking into account the steps being taken in paragraph (a). |
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(2) | The Secretary of State may by order make any provisions necessary to give |
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effect to subsection (1). |
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(1) | Every power of a Minister of the Crown to make an order under this Act shall |
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be exercisable by statutory instrument. |
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(2) | An order under this Act may be made only if a draft of the order has been— |
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(a) | laid before Parliament; and |
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(b) | approved by a resolution of each House. |
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There is to be paid out of money provided by Parliament— |
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(a) | any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State in consequence of this Act, |
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(b) | any increase attributable to this Act in the sums so payable under any other |
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(1) | This Act may be cited as the Lisbon Treaty (Referendum) Act 2010. |
(2) | This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. |
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