The European Assembly Election Petition Rules 1979

16.—(1) On the happening of any event mentioned in section 134(1) of the Act, the respondent concerned shall—

(a) lodge notice thereof in the election petitions office;

(b) serve notice thereof on the returning officer who shall forthwith publish it in his constituency; and

(c) publish notice thereof in at least one newspaper circulating in the constituency to which the petition relates.

Each such notice shall contain a statement to the effect of paragraph (3) of this Rule.

(2) The duties imposed by the last foregoing paragraph on the respondent concerned shall, in the case of the death of a respondent, be performed by the solicitor acting for him in the proceedings at the date of his death or, if he had no such solicitor, by any petitioner learning of his death.

(3) Within fourteen days after the publication of any notice referred to in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) of this Rule, any person who might have been a petitioner in respect of the election may apply by motion to a member of the election court or to a Divisional Court to be admitted as a respondent to oppose the petition.