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Duty of police area returning officer in relation to election addressU.K.

7.—(1) In this paragraph “relevant requirements” means the requirements imposed by paragraphs 4, 5 and 6.

(2) Where an election address is delivered to the police area returning officer on or before the time specified by the officer under paragraph 2, the officer must consider whether it complies with the relevant requirements.

(3) If the police area returning officer considers that it does not comply with one or more relevant requirements, the officer—

(a)must return it to the candidate's election agent, specifying each respect in which the officer considers that it does not comply, and

(b)may make any minor corrections which the officer reasonably considers necessary to secure that the election address does comply with those requirements.

(4) A candidate's election agent may re-submit an election address at any time before the time specified by the police area returning officer under paragraph 2.

(5) Once the police area returning officer is satisfied that an election address complies with the relevant requirements, the officer must send the address to the [F1Secretary of State] together with a statement that the officer is so satisfied.

(6) The police area returning officer must notify the candidate of the date on which the candidate's election address is sent to the [F1Secretary of State] and of any minor corrections which the officer has made.

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