{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-elections-rules-2007/schedule-7/paragraph-58",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-elections-rules-2007/schedule-7/paragraph-58.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3541",
  "legislation_title": "The Greater London Authority Elections Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-elections-rules-2007",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/58",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "58",
  "heading": "Return or forfeiture of candidate's deposit",
  "text": "(1) Unless forfeited in accordance with paragraph (5), the deposit made under rule 9 must be returned to the person making it or his personal representative.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (4), the deposit must be returned not later than the next day after that on which the result of the election is declared.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)—\n(a) a day must be disregarded if, in accordance with rule 4, it would be disregarded in computing any period of time for the purposes of the timetable for the election, and\n(b) the deposit must be treated as being returned on a day if a cheque for the amount of the deposit is posted on that day.\n(4) If the candidate is not shown as standing nominated in the statement of persons nominated, or if proof of his death has been given to the GLRO before the ... calculation under rule 55, the deposit must be returned as soon as practicable after the publication of the statement or after his death, as the case may be.\n(5) Where a poll is taken, if, after the ... calculation under rule 55, the candidate is found not to have polled more than one-twentieth of the total number of ... votes polled by all the candidates, the deposit must be forfeited to the Greater London Authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 7 rule 58(4) omitted (30.11.2022) by virtue of The Greater London Authority Elections (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/1111), rules 1(1), 5(10)(a) (with rule 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 7 rule 58(5) omitted (30.11.2022) by virtue of The Greater London Authority Elections (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/1111), rules 1(1), 5(10)(b) (with rule 1(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3541/schedule/7/paragraph/58",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:38:59.535013+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}