A
Bill
To
Make provision for a referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for
Europe; and for connected purposes.
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and
consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Referendum on the proposed Constitution for Europe
(1) The treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (“the Treaty”) shall not be
ratified unless its provisions have been agreed to in a referendum.
(2) A referendum shall be held within four months of the publication of the final
text of the Treaty.
2 Referendum question
(1) The question to be asked in a referendum held under section 1 is:
“Should the United Kingdom ratify the Treaty establishing a
Constitution for Europe?”
(2) The following statement must precede the question on the ballot paper:
“Parliament has decided that the Government should not ratify the
Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe unless the people of the
United Kingdom have agreed in a referendum that it should do so.”
3 Arrangements for the referendum
(1) The referendum shall be conducted in accordance with Part 7 of the Political
Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41).
(2) No local or general elections shall be held within two months of the date of a
referendum on the Constitution for Europe.
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4 Expenditure
There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—
(a) any expenditure of the Secretary of State in consequence of this Act;
(b) any increase attributable to this Act in the sums which under any other
Act are payable out of money so provided.
5 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Constitution for Europe (Referendum) Act 2004.
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