# The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025, Rule 22: Inspection of home address forms

Extent: E+W

(1) During the time for inspection, the home address form of an individual or party list candidate standing nominated (“candidate A”) may be inspected by any of the following who wish to inspect it—
(a) another individual or party list candidate (“candidate B”) standing nominated in the same constituency as candidate A,
(b) the election agent or subscriber of candidate B, or
(c) where candidate B is an individual candidate and acting as their own election agent, another person selected by candidate B.
(2) Where a person has been nominated by more than one nomination paper, the reference to the subscriber in paragraph (1)(b) is to—
(a) the subscriber on the nomination paper that the candidate may select, or
(b) in the absence of such a selection, the nomination paper which was first delivered in accordance with rule 5(2) or 6(2).
(3) In paragraph (1), “the time for inspection” means ordinary office hours on any day after the last day for the delivery of nomination papers and before the day of the poll, other than an excluded day.
(4) Where a home address form has been delivered in accordance with the electronic delivery statement, the returning officer must take reasonable steps to ensure that the persons mentioned in paragraph (1) can access that form for the purposes of inspecting it.
(5) A candidate or other person carrying out an inspection under this rule must not take a copy of, or make extracts from, a home address form.
(6) The returning officer must not permit a home address form to be inspected otherwise than in accordance with this rule or for some other purpose authorised by law.
(7) The returning officer must destroy each candidate’s home address form—
(a) on the next day following the thirty-fifth day after the returning officer has returned the name of the member elected, or
(b) if a Senedd election petition questioning the election or return is presented before that day, as soon as practicable following the conclusion of proceedings on the petition or on appeal from such proceedings.
(8) For the purposes of paragraph (7)(a), any day that is an excluded day must be disregarded.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/864/schedule/5/rule/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025/schedule-5/rule-22
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