Regulation 28 Amendments to Schedule 1 to the 2004 Regulations

In Schedule 1, after rule 60 (equality of seats) insert—

“Disqualification in home Member State

60A.

(1)

This rule applies where a candidate is a relevant citizen of the Union and, after the publication of the statement of parties and individual candidates standing nominated, the returning officer receives, under rule 9A(4), information that the candidate has been deprived of the right to stand as a candidate through a relevant disqualifying decision in the Member State of which the candidate is a national.

(2)

Any votes given to the candidate are to be disregarded for the purpose of applying—

(a)

rules 59 and 60, and

(b)

subsections (5) to (9) of section 2 to the 2002 Act (voting system in Great Britain and Gibraltar).

(3)

For the purpose of subsections (7) and (8) of section 2 of the 2002 Act, the candidate is to be treated as being omitted from a party’s list of candidates.”