European Union (Referendum) Act 2016 (Gibraltar)

European Union (Referendum) Act 2016
Act of the Gibraltar Parliament
Long titleAn act to enable the full participation of Gibraltar in the United Kingdom’s referendum on whether it should remain a member of the European Union, and to provide for the making of subsidiary legislation in connection therewith and for matters connected thereto, including amending primary legislation by subsidiary legislation as the circumstances require.
CitationAct Number 2016-01 (Legislation Number (L.N.) 2016/034, as amended by L.N. 2016/035, L.N. 2016/082 and L.N. 2016/120)
Territorial extent Gibraltar
Dates
Royal assent28 January 2016
(Governor's assent,
Granted by the Governor of Gibraltar)
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
United Kingdom European Union membership referendum (Gibraltar)
23 June 2016

Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?
Results
Choice
Votes %
Remain 19,322 95.91%
Leave 823 4.09%
Valid votes 20,145 99.87%
Invalid or blank votes 27 0.13%
Total votes 20,172 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 24,119 83.64%

The European Union (Referendum) Act 2016 was an Act of the Gibraltar Parliament, which implements the United Kingdom's European Union Referendum Act 2015 in Gibraltar.[1] It was the first time a referendum has been held in Gibraltar on the issue of continued EU membership since the territory joined along with the United Kingdom in 1973 and was the first time that any British Overseas Territory had participated in a UK-wide referendum. The Act commenced on 26 January 2016, and received assent from the Governor of Gibraltar on 28 January 2016.

  1. ^ "Confirmed: Gibraltar to vote in European referendum". Gibraltar Panorama. 26 May 2015. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2015.