Article 56 Party list candidates: declarations as to personal expensesI1

England and Wales

(1)

Within 35 days after the day on which the result or results of a Senedd election are declared, each party list candidate must deliver to the returning officer a declaration made by that candidate in form 29 set out in Welsh and English in Schedule 10.

(2)

Where a party list candidate is out of the United Kingdom when the return is due to be delivered—

(a)

the declaration required by paragraph (1) may be made by the candidate no later than 14 days after the candidate’s return to the United Kingdom, and

(b)

in that case, the declaration must immediately be delivered to the returning officer.

(3)

The declaration required by paragraph (1) must include only those personal expenses incurred by a party list candidate which have not been reimbursed to the candidate by the registered political party on whose party list the candidate was included.

(4)

A person who knowingly makes the declaration required by this article falsely is guilty of a corrupt practice.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 56 in force at 18.7.2025, see art. 1(2)