Rule 13A Inspection of home address formsF1

England

(1)

During ordinary office hours on any day, other than a day specified in rule 4(1), after the latest time for delivery of nomination papers and before the date of the poll, a specified person may inspect the home address forms.

(2)

The specified persons are—

(a)

any person standing nominated as a candidate in the same electoral area, or

(b)

the election agent, proposer or seconder of such a person.

(3)

But where a candidate acts as their own election agent, the candidate may nominate another person who shall be entitled to inspect the forms.

(4)

Where a person stands nominated by more than one nomination paper, only the persons subscribing as proposer and seconder—

(a)

to such one of those papers as the candidate may select, or

(b)

in default of such a selection, to that one of those papers which is first delivered in accordance with rule 6(2),

are entitled to inspect the forms as the candidate’s proposer and seconder.

(5)

Nothing in this rule permits any person to take a copy of, or extracts from, any home address forms.

(6)

The returning officer must not permit a home address form to be inspected otherwise than in accordance with this rule, or for some other purpose authorised by law.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 1 rule 13A inserted (E.) (23.2.2019) by The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/351), regs. 1(2), 5(6) (with regs. 3, 4)