Paragraph 6 I1

After paragraph 2(3) insert—

“(3A)

Regulations under this paragraph may make provision (including the creation of criminal offences)—

(a)

about the limitation of election expenses (including expenses incurred in relation to a general election as a whole);

(b)

for the allocation of seats in the case of an equality of votes;

(c)

for securing that no person stands for election more than once at a general election.

For the purposes of this sub-paragraph a person stands for election if he is nominated as a candidate or is included in a party’s list of candidates.

(3B)

Regulations under this paragraph shall, in relation to an election in an electoral region in Great Britain, make provision for the nomination of registered parties, including provision requiring a nomination to be accompanied by a list of candidates numbering no more than the MEPs to be elected for that region.”.