Paragraph 7 Consent to nomination

(1)

A person will not be validly nominated unless his consent to nomination—

C1(a)

is given in writing in the appropriate form, or a form to like effect, on or within one month before the last day for the delivery of nomination papers,

(b)

is attested by one witness F1..., and

(c)

is delivered at the place and within the time for delivery of nomination papers.

(2)

A candidate's consent given under this rule must—

(a)

state the day, month and year of his birth, and

(b)

contain a statement that to the best of the candidate's knowledge and belief he is not disqualified from being elected by reason of—

(i)

any disqualification set out in section 21 F2or 21A (disqualification from being the Mayor or an Assembly member) of the 1999 Act, F3...

F4(ii)

F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii)

an order made under section 34(4) of the Localism Act 2011 (offences) F6or section 30 of the Elections Act 2022 (disqualification orders).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 5 rule 7(1)(b) omitted (31.12.2019) by virtue of The Greater London Authority Elections (Amendment) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/1426), rules 1(1), 3(4)(a) (with rule 2)
F2: Words in Sch. 5 para. 7(2)(b)(i) inserted (28.6.2022) by Local Government (Disqualification) Act 2022 (c. 17), ss. 3(2)(d), 6(2) (with s. 5)
F3: Word in Sch. 5 rule 7(2)(b) omitted (8.2.2016) by virtue of The Greater London Authority Elections (Amendment) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/24), rules 1(2), 7(4)(a)
F4: Sch. 5 rule 7(2)(b)(ii)(iii) substituted for Sch. 5 rule 7(2)(b)(ii) (8.2.2016) by The Greater London Authority Elections (Amendment) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/24), rules 1(2), 7(4)(b)
F5: Sch. 5 rule 7(2)(b)(ii) omitted (31.12.2019) by virtue of The Greater London Authority Elections (Amendment) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/1426), rules 1(1), 3(4)(b) (with rule 2)
F6: Words in Sch. 5 rule 7(2)(b)(iii) inserted (1.11.2023) by The Local Government and Greater London Authority Elections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1066), regs. 1(3), 5(22) (with Sch. 1 para. 3(c))

Modifications

C1: Sch. 5 rule 7(1)(a) modified (1.11.2023) by The Local Government and Greater London Authority Elections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1066), reg. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 5

Notes on Schedule 5

Modifications

C1: Sch. 5 applied (with modifications) (18.2.2012) by The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Council Tax Increases) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/444), reg. 1, Sch. 4 para. 1 Table 11 (with reg. 27)