Section 18 Transitional ground for refusal to register.
The registrar shall refuse a first or second stage application by a party if—
it proposes a registered name which in his opinion would be likely to result in the party’s being confused by voters with another party, and
the other party is registered or has submitted a first or second stage application which, having considered the history of the two parties, he intends to grant.
The registrar shall refuse a request made in a party’s first or second stage application for the registration of an emblem if in his opinion it would be likely to be confused by voters with—
an emblem which is already registered for another party, or
an emblem which it would be appropriate to allow another party to register.
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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Act repealed (except ss. 13, 15, 24, 26 and Sch. 2) (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 41, s. 158(2), Sch. 22 (with s. 156(6)); S.I. 2001/222, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I Annex (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 Pt. II)