4.—(1) If a person, on any occasion when under article 9 of the Act concerning the election of representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage annexed to the Council decision 76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom of 20th September 1976 elections to the European Parliament are held in all Member States, stands as a candidate at such an election in the United Kingdom and in any other Member State, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) An offence under this regulation shall be an illegal practice within the meaning of the Act of 1983, and the provisions of that Act which relate to illegal practices, as applied by regulations under the Act of 1978, shall accordingly have effect in relation to any such offence.
(3) For the purpose of paragraph (1) above, a person is not to be treated as standing as a candidate unless he has agreed (in the United Kingdom, by giving his consent to nomination as a candidate) to do so.