The European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004

[F1 PART 4 N.I. FINAL PROCEEDINGS IN CONTESTED AND UNCONTESTED ELECTIONS

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 substituted (27.3.2009) by The European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/813), regs. 1(2), 38, Sch. 1

Declaration of result N.I.

64.— (1) In a contested election, when the result of the poll has been ascertained, the returning officer must forthwith—

(a) declare to be elected those candidates who are deemed to be elected under rules 53 to 63;

(b) notify their names to the Secretary of State;

(c) give public notice of—

(i) the names of those candidates;

(ii) the number of first preference votes for each candidate whether elected or not;

(iii) any transfer of votes;

(iv) the total number of votes for each candidate at each stage of the count at which such transfer took place; and

(v) the order in which the successful candidates were elected.

(2) In the case of an uncontested election, the statement of candidates nominated, in addition to showing the person or persons standing nominated, must also declare that person or those persons to be elected; and the returning officer must forthwith notify his or their names to the Secretary of State.

Return or forfeiture of candidate’s deposit N.I.

65.— (1) The deposit made under rule 8 of these rules must either be returned to the person making it or his personal representatives or be forfeited to Her Majesty.

(2) Except in the cases mentioned in paragraphs (4) and (5), the deposit must be returned not later than the next day after that on which the result of the election is declared.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)—

(a) a day must be disregarded if it would be disregarded under rule 2(1) in computing any period of time for the purposes of the timetable for an election of the kind in question; and

(b) the deposit must be treated as being returned on a day if a cheque for the amount of the deposit is posted on that day.

(4) Where—

(a) a candidate is not shown as standing nominated in the statement of candidates nominated, or

(b) the candidate has died,

the deposit must be returned as soon as practicable after the publication of that statement or the time when the returning officer is satisfied of the candidate’s death, as the case may be.

(5) Subject to paragraph (4), the deposit must be forfeited if a poll is taken and, if the number of votes credited to the candidate at any stage of the counting of the votes does not exceed one quarter of the quota.]