Article 34 Office of election agentI1

United Kingdom

(1)

Every election agent and every sub-agent shall have an office to which all claims, notices, writs, summonses and documents may be sent, and the address of the office shall be—

(a)

declared to the appropriate returning officer at the same time as the appointment of the agent is declared under article 32 or, as the case may be, appointment of the sub-agent is declared under article 33; and

(b)

stated in the public notice of the name of the agent or, as the case may be, sub-agent.

(2)

Any claim, notice, writ, summons or document delivered at the office of the election agent or sub-agent and addressed to that agent or sub-agent, shall be deemed to have been served on that agent or sub-agent and every election agent or sub-agent may, in respect of any matter connected with the election in which that agent or sub-agent is acting, be sued in any court having jurisdiction at the place where that agent’s or that sub-agent’s office is situated.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 34 in force at 30.12.2010, see art. 1(1)