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Paragraph 2 Free copies of register etc.

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(1)

The registration officer shall, on request, supply free of charge to—

(a)

the Assembly member for an Assembly constituency, or

(b)

an Assembly member for an Assembly electoral region,

one copy of so much of the register as relates to that constituency or, as the case may be, electoral region.

(2)

The registration officer shall—

(a)

on request, and

(b)

if he is not the returning officer for the Assembly constituency in respect of which the request is made, after consultation with that officer,

supply free of charge—

(i)

four copies of so much of the register (which may be printed on one side only) as relates to the Assembly constituency to any person who satisfies the registration officer that he requires them for use in connection with his own or some other person’s prospective candidature at an election for that constituency (but not more than one person in respect of the same prospective candidature shall be so supplied), and

(ii)

two copies of so much of the register as relates to the Assembly constituency to each candidate (or his election agent) at an election for that constituency.

(3)

The registration officer shall—

(a)

on request, and

(b)

if he is not the returning officer for the Assembly electoral region in respect of which the request is made, after consultation with that officer,

supply free of charge copies of so much of the register as relates to that electoral region in accordance with sub-paragraphs (4) to (6).

(4)

The registration officer shall supply—

(a)

four such copies (which may be printed on one side only) to any person who satisfies the registration officer that he requires them for use in connection which his own or some other person’s prospective candidature—

(i)

as an individual candidate at an election for that Assembly electoral region, or

(ii)

as a party list candidate at an election for that Assembly electoral region, and

(b)

two such copies to each—

(i)

individual candidate (or his election agent), and

(ii)

election agent for a group of party list candidates,

at an election for that Assembly electoral region.

(5)

With reference to the right conferred on a person by sub-paragraph (4)(a)(i), not more than one person in respect of the same prospective candidature shall be so supplied.

(6)

With reference to the right conferred on a person by sub-paragraph (4)(a)(ii), not more than one person in respect of the same prospective candidature shall be so supplied and, following such supply, the right may not be exercised again with respect to any other prospective candidate for that list.

(7)

The registration officer who is not the returning officer for an Assembly consituency or electoral region shall supply free of charge to that officer as many copies of so much of the register as that officer needs for the purposes of an election for that Assembly constituency or, as the case may be, electoral region.