Rule 13 Right to attend nominationI1
England and Wales
Subject to paragraph (6), only the persons listed in paragraph (2) are entitled to attend the proceedings during the time for delivery of nomination papers or for making objections to them.
The persons entitled to attend proceedings are—
a person standing nominated as an individual candidate,
the election agent of such a person,
a party list candidate,
the registered nominating officer of a registered political party that has submitted a party list, or the election agent of that party in respect of that list,
a person who is entitled to attend by virtue of section 6A or 6B of the 2000 Political Parties Actf1,
a person who is delivering a nomination paper, or
a person who is assisting the returning officer.
Where an individual candidate acts as their own election agent, or a party list candidate acts as election agent of that party in relation to that list, the candidate may name one other person who is to be entitled to attend in place of the election agent for that individual candidate or party.
The right to attend conferred by this rule includes the right—
to inspect, and
to object to the validity of,
any individual nomination paper or any party nomination paper submitted in relation to the constituency, including the nomination of any party list candidate on the party list submitted with that party nomination paper.
Paragraph (4) does not apply to a person mentioned in paragraph (2)(e) to (g).
One other person chosen by the candidate is entitled to be present at the delivery of the nomination paper by which that candidate is nominated, and may afterwards, so long as the candidate stands nominated, attend the proceedings referred to in paragraph (1), but without any such right as is conferred by paragraph (4).
Where nomination papers have been delivered in accordance with the electronic delivery statement, the returning officer must take reasonable steps to ensure that the persons mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) to (d) can access those papers for the purposes of inspecting them.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 5 rule 13 in force at 18.7.2025, see art. 1(2)
Footnotes
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Sections 6A and 6B were inserted by section 29 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22). Section 6A was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 10 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13); paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Recall of MPs Act 2015 (c. 25) and S.I. 2007/1388.