Referendum Act 1975

The Referendum Act 1975
Dates
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to provide for the holding of a referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Economic Community.
Citation	1975, c. 33
Territorial extent	England and Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland
Royal Assent	8 May 1975
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Referendum Act 1975 (c. 33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provided for the holding of a referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Economic Community.^[1]

The Act, which gave effect to a manifesto commitment of the Labour Party at the general election of October 1974, determined the arrangements for the first-ever national referendum, in which voting was to take place simultaneously in all parts of the United Kingdom. As well as arranging for the holding of this event, the Act also provided for the equal public funding of two campaigns, one for a Yes vote, the other for a No vote. While each campaign was to receive the same amount of public money, other donations were also to be permitted.^[2]

In accordance with the Act, the European Communities Referendum took place on 5 June 1975.^[3]

Notes

↑ Current Law Statutes Annotated 1975, vol. 1 (Sweet and Maxwell, 1975), p. 1,051-1,058
↑ Referendums in the United Kingdom (Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 2010), p. 140
↑ Colin Turpin, Adam Tomkins, British Government and the Constitution: Text and Materials (2007), p. 535

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