The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Rules 2022

Amendment of the 2006 Rules

2.—(1) Schedule 2 to the 2006 Rules (rules for conduct of an election of councillors of a principal area where poll is not taken together with poll at another election) is amended as follows.

(2) In rule 6 (subscription of nomination paper)—

(a) in paragraph (1), omit from “, and by” to the end;

(b) in paragraph (2)—

(i) for “, seconding or assenting to” substitute “or seconding”;

(ii) omit “or signatures (up to the required number)”.

(3) In Part 7 (appendix of forms), for the Form of Nomination Paper(1) substitute the form in Schedule 1 to these Rules.

(1)

The form of nomination paper in Part 7 of Schedule 2 was substituted by rule 2(9) of S.I. 2018/1308.