# The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2003, Paragraph 10: Deposit


(1) In relation to a candidate at a constituency election, a person shall not be validly nominated unless the sum of £500 is deposited by him, or on his behalf, with the constituency returning officer at the place and during the time for delivery of nomination papers.
(2) In relation to candidates at a regional election—
(a) an individual candidate shall not be validly nominated unless the sum of £500 is deposited by him, or on his behalf, or
(b) a group or party list candidates shall not be validly nominated unless the sum of £500 is deposited by them, or on their behalf,
with the regional returning officer at the place or a place, and during the time, for delivery of individual or party nomination papers.
(3) The deposit may be made either—
(a) by the deposit of any legal tender,
(b) by means of a banker’s draft, or
(c) with the appropriate returning officer’s consent, in any other manner,
but the appropriate returning officer may refuse to accept a deposit sought to be made by means of a banker’s draft if he does not know that the drawer carries on business as a banker in the United Kingdom.
(4) Where the deposit is made on behalf of a candidate at a constituency election or an individual candidate at a regional election, the person making the deposit shall at the time he makes it give his name and address to the appropriate returning officer unless that information has previously been given to him under article 35.
(5) Where the deposit is made on behalf of a group of party list candidates at a regional election the person making the deposit shall at the time he makes it—
(a) if he is the registered political party’s registered nominating officer, state that fact to the regional returning officer, or
(b) if he is not the party’s registered nominating officer, give his name and address to the regional returning officer unless that information has previously been given to him under article 35.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/284/schedule/5/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-order-2003/schedule-5/paragraph-10
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