Article 113 Incapacities of being reported personally guilty of corrupt or illegal practiceI1

England and Wales

(1)

Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) and article 125, a candidate or other person reported by an election court to be personally guilty of corrupt or illegal practice under this Order will, during the relevant period specified in paragraph (3), be incapable—

(a)

of being registered as an elector or voting at any Senedd or local government election in Wales, or

(b)

of being elected to the Senedd or as a member of a local authority in Wales, and if already elected to a seat in the Senedd or as a member of a local authority in Wales, must vacate the seat or office as from the date of the report.

(2)

The incapacities imposed by paragraph (1)(a) apply only to a candidate or other person reported personally guilty of a corrupt practice under article 13(5) or 30 or of an illegal practice under article 31.

(3)

For the purpose of paragraph (1), the relevant period is the period beginning with the date of the report and ending—

(a)

in the case of a person reported personally guilty of a corrupt practice, five years after that date, and

(b)

in the case of a person reported personally guilty of an illegal practice, three years after that date.

(4)

The provisions of this article as to the consequences of the report that a candidate was guilty by the candidate’s agents of a corrupt or illegal practice, have effect subject to the express provisions of this Order relating to particular acts which are declared to be corrupt or illegal practices.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 113 in force at 18.7.2025, see art. 1(2)