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(1)The return [F1delivered] under section 81(1) above shall be accompanied by a declaration made by the election agent in the form in Schedule 3 to this Act.
(2)At the same time that the election agent [F2delivers] that return, or within seven days afterwards, the candidate shall [F2deliver] to the appropriate officer a declaration made by him in the form in that Schedule.
(3)Where the candidate is out of the United Kingdom when the return is so [F1delivered]—
(a)the declaration required by subsection (2) above may be made by him within 14 days after his return to the United Kingdom, and
(b)in that case, the declaration shall be forthwith [F1delivered] to the appropriate officer,
but the delay authorised by this provision in making the declaration shall not exonerate the election agent from complying with the provisions of this Act relating to the return and declaration as to election expenses.
(4)An election agent’s or a candidate’s declaration as to election expenses under this section may be made either before a justice of the peace or before any person who is—
(a)in England and Wales, the chairman or proper officer of F3F4, a county council [F5, a county borough council] or a district council, or the mayor or proper officer of a London borough;
(b)in Scotland, the proper officer of a [F6local authority];
(c)in Northern Ireland, the clerk of a district council.
(5)Where the candidate is his own election agent, the declaration by an election agent as to election expenses need not be made and the declaration by the candidate as to election expenses shall be modified as specified in the form in Schedule 3.
(6)If a candidate or election agent knowingly makes the declaration required by this section falsely, he shall be guilty of a corrupt practice.
Textual Amendments
F1Word substituted by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 24, Sch. 4 para. 28(a)
F2Words substituted by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 24, Sch. 4 para. 28(b)
F3Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), ss. 1, 102, Sch. 17
F4Words repealed by virtue of Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), Sch. 17 and Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237, Sch. 13 Pt.I
F5Words in s. 82(4)(a) inserted (20.3.1995) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 68(14) (with ss. 54(4)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 para. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/546, art. 3, Sch. (with arts. 4-8)
F6Words in s. 82(4)(b) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 130(6); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 82 applied (N.I.) by S.I. 1986/2250, regs. 2, 3, 5, Sch. 1 Pt. I
C2S. 82 applied (E.W.S.) by S.I. 1986/2209, regs. 2, 3, 5(1)(6)–(8), Sch. 1 Pt. I
C3S. 82 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (4.5.1996) by S.I. 1996/1220, art. 3(1)(5)-(8), Sch. 1
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