Paragraph 6 Nomination of candidates on a regional list

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 2 para. 67(3)(a) words substituted by Postal Services Act 2000 (Consequential Modifications No. 1) 2001 Sch. 1 para. 131(8)(a)
Sch. 2 para. 67(3)(b) words substituted by Postal Services Act 2000 (Consequential Modifications No. 1) 2001 Sch. 1 para. 131(8)(b)
Sch. 2 para. 67(3)(d) words substituted by Postal Services Act 2000 (Consequential Modifications No. 1) 2001 Sch. 1 para. 131(8)(c)
Sch 2, rule 1 am by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2001 art 3(1)–(3)
Sch 2, rule 1A added by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2001 art 3(1), (4)

(1)

A registered party’s regional list of candidates to be regional members for a particular region shall be in the form L set out in the Appendix and that party shall be nominated by the submission of that list by the party’s nominating officer or a person authorised in writing by him to the regional returning officer at the place or a place fixed for the purpose.

(2)

Each regional list shall include the name by which the party wishes to be known for the purposes of that election. That name need not be the party’s registered name but must not be such as would be likely to lead voters to associate that party with another registered party.

(3)

That name shall not exceed 6 words in length.

(4)

Each regional list shall set out the full names and home addresses in full of each candidate included in that list and shall be accompanied by a statement of the names by which each such candidate is to be described in the regional ballot paper.

(5)

Each regional list shall include a statement that it is issued by the nominating officer of the registered party in question or by a person authorised in writing by him.

(6)

Each regional list may be accompanied by a request made by or on behalf of the nominating officer of the party in question that the regional ballot paper shall contain against the party’s name the party’s registered emblem (or, as the case may be one of the party’s registered emblems).

(7)

In the application of this rule and rule 7 below, in relation to an election, “registered party” means a party which was registered under the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 at the time by which the notice of election is required to be published.