# The European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2013, 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.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111101223/regulation/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-parliamentary-elections-amendment-regulations-2013/regulation-20
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