Rule 7 Party nomination paper: name or description of registered political partyI1

The name or names, or description, required by rule 6(3), to be contained in a party nomination paper must be authorised by a certificate in form 9 set out in Welsh and English in Schedule 10 issued by the registered nominating officer of the registered political party.

Paragraph (3) applies where none of the words “Wales”, “Welsh”, “Cymru” and “Cymreig” are used in the name of the party registered under section 28 of the 2000 Political Parties Act.

The registered political party may do one of the following—

If it is proposed that the party’s registered emblem is to be shown on the ballot paper against the party’s name or description, the certificate issued under paragraph (1) must request that it be so shown, but so that, in a case in which a party has more than one registered emblem, only one of its emblems may be requested to be shown on the ballot paper.

A certificate issued under paragraph (1) must be combined with the party nomination paper delivered under rule 6(1).

A person is guilty of a corrupt practice if that person fraudulently purports to be authorised by virtue of rule 77 to issue a certificate under paragraph (1) on behalf of a party’s registered nominating officer.