# The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025, Article 34: False statements in nomination papers etc.

Extent: E+W

(1) A person (“P1”) is guilty of a corrupt practice if, at a Senedd election, P1 causes or permits to be included in a document delivered or otherwise given to a returning officer for use in connection with the election—
(a) a statement of the name or home address of a candidate at the election which P1 knows to be false,
(b) anything which purports to be the signature of a person who subscribes a nomination paper but which P1 knows—
(i) was not written by the person by whom it purports to have been written, or
(ii) if written by that person, was not written by that person for the purpose of subscribing that nomination paper, or
(c) a certificate under rule 7 of Schedule 5 (party nomination paper: name or description of registered political party) authorising the use by a registered political party of a description, if P1 knows that a candidate on that party’s list of candidates is also an individual candidate or a party list candidate for another registered political party at that Senedd election.
(2) A person (“P2”) is guilty of a corrupt practice if, in the case of an individual candidate, P2 makes in any document in which P2 gives consent to nomination as a candidate—
(a) a statement of P2’s date of birth,
(b) a statement as to P2’s qualification for membership of the Senedd,
(c) a statement that P2 is not—
(i) an individual candidate in any other Senedd constituency, or
(ii) a party list candidate in any Senedd constituency,
the poll for which is to be held on the same day as the poll at the election to which the consent relates,
(d) a statement as to P2’s party membership, or
(e) a statement as to the Senedd constituency in which P2 is registered as a local government elector,
which P2 knows to be false.
(3) A person (“P3”) is guilty of a corrupt practice if, in the case of a party list candidate at a Senedd election, P3 makes in any document in which P3 gives consent to nomination as a candidate—
(a) a statement of P3’s date of birth,
(b) a statement as to P3’s qualification for membership of the Senedd,
(c) a statement that P3 is not—
(i) an individual candidate in any Senedd constituency, or
(ii) a candidate on any other party list submitted in respect of any Senedd constituency,
the poll for which is to be held on the same day as the poll at the election to which the consent relates,
(d) a statement as to P3’s party membership, or
(e) a statement as to the Senedd constituency in which P3 is registered as a local government elector,
which P3 knows to be false.
(4) For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3), a statement as to the candidate’s qualification is a statement that to the best of their knowledge and belief they are not disqualified from being elected under section 16(A1) of the 2006 Act (disqualification from being member of the Senedd).
(5) For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3), a statement as to the candidate’s party membership is a statement made in accordance with rule 10 of Schedule 5 (statements of party membership).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/864/article/34 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025/article-34
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