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Changes over time for: Paragraph 7


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Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, Paragraph 7 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 08 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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7U.K.In section 159 (candidate reported guilty of corrupt or illegal practice)—
(a)subsection (2) shall be omitted, and
(b)for subsection (3) there shall be substituted—
“(3)A candidate at a local government election in Scotland who is reported personally guilty or guilty by his agents of any corrupt or illegal practice shall also be incapable from the date of the report of holding the office of councillor of any local authority in Scotland—
(a)for ten years, if reported personally guilty of a corrupt practice,
(b)for three years, if reported guilty by his agents of a corrupt practice, or
(c)during the period for which the candidate was elected to serve or for which if elected he might have served, if reported personally guilty or guilty by his agents of an illegal practice,
and if at the date of the report he holds any such office, then the office shall be vacated as from that date.”
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