Article 43A Selection of election candidatesF1

(1)

Nothing in Parts 3 to 5 shall—

(a)

be construed as affecting arrangements to which this Article applies, or

(b)

render unlawful anything done in accordance with such arrangements.

(2)

This Article applies to arrangements made by a registered political party which—

(a)

regulate the selection of the party's candidates in a relevant election, and

(b)

are adopted for the purpose of reducing inequality in the numbers of men and women elected, as candidates of the party, to be members of the body concerned.

(3)

The following elections are relevant elections for the purposes of this Article—

(a)

parliamentary elections;

F2(b)

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(c)

elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly;

(d)

elections to a district council.

(4)

In this Article “registered political party” means a party registered in the Northern Ireland register under Part 2 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: 2002 c.2
F2: Art. 43A(3)(b) revoked (31.12.2020) by The European Parliamentary Elections Etc. (Repeal, Revocation, Amendment and Saving Provisions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1310), reg. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1389, regs. 1, 2(2))

Notes on the whole Order

Textual amendments

F1: function transf. by SR 1999/481