Regulation 20 Amendments to Schedule 1 to the 2004 Regulations

In Schedule 1, after rule 9 insert—

“Request for information where candidate is relevant citizen of the Union

9A.

(1)

This rule applies where the candidate is a relevant citizen of the Union and the Secretary of State has received a copy of a declaration in accordance with rule 9(6).

(2)

The Secretary of State must send a notice to the designated contact point in the Member State of which the candidate is a national.

(3)

The notice referred to in paragraph (2)—

(a)

must notify the Member State of the declaration made by the candidate under rule 9(4);

(b)

must ask whether the candidate has been deprived of the right to stand as a candidate through a relevant disqualifying decision in that Member State; and

(c)

may request a response by a specified date.

(4)

The Secretary of State must send to the returning officer a copy of any response to the notice as soon as practicable after the response is received.”