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7.—(1) A nomination paper may not include a description of a candidate which is likely to lead electors to associate the candidate with a registered political party unless the party is a qualifying party in relation to the electoral area and the description is authorised by a certificate—
(a)issued by or on behalf of the registered nominating officer of the party, and
(b)received by the combined authority returning officer before the last time for the delivery of nomination papers set out in the Timetable in rule 3.
(2) In paragraph (1) an authorised description may be either—
(a)the name of the party registered under section 28 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000(1), or
(b)a description of the party registered under section 28A of that Act.
(3) A nomination paper may not include a description of a candidate which is likely to lead electors to associate the candidate with two or more registered political parties unless the parties are each qualifying parties in relation to the electoral area and the description is a registered description authorised by a certificate—
(a)issued by or on behalf of the registered nominating officer of each of the parties, and
(b)received by the combined authority returning officer before the last time for the delivery of nomination papers set out in the Timetable in rule 3.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), a description is a registered description if it is a description registered for use by the parties under section 28B of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.
(5) A person shall be guilty of a corrupt practice if that person fraudulently purports to be authorised to issue a certificate under paragraph (1) or (3) on behalf of a registered political party’s nominating officer.
(6) For the purposes of the application of this rule in relation to an election—
(a)“registered political party” means a party which was registered under Part 2 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 on the day (“the relevant day”) which is two days before the last day for the delivery of nomination papers at that election;
(b)a registered political party is a qualifying party in relation to an electoral area if the party was on the relevant day registered in respect of that part of Great Britain in the Great Britain register maintained under that Part of that Act.
(7) For the purposes of paragraph (6)(a), any day falling within rule 4(1) must be disregarded.
2000 c. 41. Section 28A was inserted by the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), section 49(1).
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