Paragraph 14 Right to attend nomination
Except for the purpose of delivering a constituency nomination paper or of assisting the constituency returning officer no person is entitled to attend the proceedings during the time for delivery of constituency nomination papers or for making objections to them unless he is–
a person standing nominated as a candidate for return as a constituency member;
the election agent of such a person; or
a person who has issued a certificate under rule 8(1)(a) above in relation to such a candidate,
but where a candidate acts as his own election agent he may name one other person who shall be entitled to attend in place of his election agent.
The right to attend conferred by paragraph (1) above includes the right to inspect and to object to the validity of any constituency nomination paper.
Except for the purpose of delivering an individual nomination paper or regional list or of assisting the regional returning officer no person is entitled to attend the proceedings during the time for delivery of individual nomination papers or regional lists or for making objections to them unless he is–
a person standing nominated as an individual candidate for return as a regional member;
the election agent of such a person;
a candidate included on a party’s regional list; or
the election agent or nominating officer of a party which has submitted a regional list,
but where an individual candidate acts as his own election agent, or a candidate on a party’s regional list acts as election agent of that party in relation to that list, he may name one other person who shall be entitled to attend in place of the election agent for that individual candidate or, as the case may be, party.
The right conferred by paragraph (3) above includes the right to inspect and to object to the validity of any individual nomination paper or any regional list (including the nomination of any candidate on such a list).