European Union Referendum Act 2015

E706606
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom

The European Union Referendum Act 2015 is a UK law that provided the legal framework for holding the 2016 referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union.

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Label Occurrences
EU referendum legislation 1
European Union Referendum Act 2015 canonical 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appliesTo Gibraltar electorate ⓘ
United Kingdom electorate ⓘ
citation 2015 c. 36 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
enforcedBy Electoral Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs conduct of the 2016 EU membership referendum in the UK and Gibraltar ⓘ
introducedBy Philip Hammond NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedInChamber House of Commons NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislature UK Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
longTitle An Act to make provision for the holding of a referendum in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf United Kingdom Brexit legal framework ⓘ
providesFor holding of a referendum on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union ⓘ
purpose to provide the legal framework for a referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union ⓘ
referendumDate 2016-06-23 ⓘ
referendumQuestion Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union? ⓘ
regulates campaign spending limits ⓘ
designation of lead campaign organisations ⓘ
referendum conduct ⓘ
relatedTo European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 NERFINISHED ⓘ
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 NERFINISHED ⓘ
European Union Act 2011 NERFINISHED ⓘ
royalAssentDate 2015-12-17 ⓘ
setsCampaignRulesFor 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum NERFINISHED ⓘ
setsConductRulesFor 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum NERFINISHED ⓘ
setsFranchiseFor 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum NERFINISHED ⓘ
setsFranchiseSimilarTo UK parliamentary general elections franchise with specified exceptions ⓘ
shortTitle European Union Referendum Act 2015 NERFINISHED ⓘ
status spent ⓘ
subjectOf 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum NERFINISHED ⓘ
territorialExtent Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfReferendum advisory referendum ⓘ
yearEnacted 2015 ⓘ

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R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union → relatedLegislation → European Union Referendum Act 2015 ⓘ
Second Cameron ministry → implementedPolicy → European Union Referendum Act 2015 ⓘ
this entity surface form: EU referendum legislation