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11(1)Except for the purpose of delivering a nomination paper or of assisting the returning officer, and subject to paragraph (4) below, no person is entitled to attend the proceedings during the time for delivery of nomination papers or for making objections to them unless he is—U.K.
(a)a person standing nominated as a candidate, or
(b)the election agent, proposer or seconder of such a person,[F1 or
(c)a person who is entitled to attend by virtue of section 6A or 6B of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000,]
but where a candidate acts as his own election agent he may name one other person who shall be entitled to attend in place of his election agent.
(2)Where a person stands nominated by more than one nomination paper, only the persons subscribing as proposer and seconder—
(a)to such one of those papers as he may select, or
(b)in default of such a selection, to that one of those papers which is first delivered,
shall be entitled to attend as his proposer and seconder.
(3)The right to attend conferred by this rule includes the right—
(a)to inspect, and
(b)to object to the validity of,
any nomination paper [F2and associated home address form] .
[F3(3A)Paragraph (3) does not apply to a person mentioned in paragraph (1)(c).]
(4)[F4One other person chosen by the candidate] is entitled to be present at the delivery of the candidate’s nomination, and may afterwards, so long as the candidate stands nominated, attend the proceedings referred to in paragraph (1) above, but without any such right as is conferred by paragraph (3) above.
[F5(5)The returning officer shall not permit a home address form to be inspected otherwise than in accordance with this rule, or for some other purpose authorised by law.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 rule 11(1)(c) and word inserted (31.1.2007 for E.W.S. and 1.7.2008 for N.I.) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 47, 77, Sch. 1 para. 83(2); S.I. 2006/3412, art. 5; S.I. 2008/1316, arts. 2, 4
F2Words in Sch. 1 rule 11(3) inserted (4.9.2009) by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12), ss. 24(3)(a), 43(1); S.I. 2009/2395, art. 2 (with art. 3)
F3Sch. 1 rule 11(3A) inserted (31.1.2007 for E.W.S. and 1.7.2008 for N.I.) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 47, 77, Sch. 1 para. 83(3); S.I. 2006/3412, art. 5; S.I. 2008/1316, arts. 2, 4
F4Words in Sch. 1 rule 11(4) substituted (31.1.2007 for E.W.S. and 1.7.2008 for N.I. ) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 47, 77, Sch. 1 para. 83(4); S.I. 2006/3412, art. 5; S.I. 2008/1316, arts. 2, 4
F5Sch. 1 rule 11(5) inserted (4.9.2009) by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12), ss. 24(3)(b), 43(1); S.I. 2009/2395, art. 2 (with art. 3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 1 rule 11 applied (N.I.) by S.I. 1986/2250, regs. 2, 3, 5, Sch. 1 Pt. I
C2Sch. 1 rule 11 applied (E.W.S.) by S.I. 1986/2209, regs. 2, 3, 5(1)(6)-(8), Sch. 1 Pt. I
Sch. 1 rule 11 applied (with modifications) (1.8.2001) by S.I. 2001/2599, art. 3, Sch. 1 (as substituted (10.2.2009) by S.I. 2009/256, arts. 1(2), 3, Sch. 1)
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