The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 1999

Regional election: publication of statement of persons nominated and registered political parties which have submitted a party list

17.—(1) At a regional election the regional returning officer shall prepare a statement showing—

(a) the persons who have been and stand nominated as individual candidates and any other persons who have been so nominated, with the reason why they no longer stand nominated, and

(b) the registered political parties which have submitted a party list and, in respect of such parties, the persons who have been and stand nominated and any other persons who have been nominated with the reason why they are no longer nominated,

and he shall deliver, or cause to be delivered the statement to each constituency returning officer for an Assembly constituency in the Assembly electoral region.

(2) On receipt of a statement under sub-paragraph (1) a constituency returning officer shall publish it.

(3) The statement shall show—

(a) in respect of individual candidates, the names, addresses and descriptions of the persons nominated as given in their individual nomination papers, and

(b) in respect of the registered political parties who have submitted a party list, the names of those parties together with, in respect each such party—

(i) the description referred to in paragraph 7(2), and

(ii) the names and addresses of the persons nominated as given in their party nomination papers.

(4) The statement shall show—

(a) the individual candidates standing nominated arranged together alphabetically, and

(b) the registered political parties which have submitted a party list arranged together alphabetically together with (in respect of each such party) the candidates standing nominated arranged in the order that they appear on the party list.

(5) The arrangement of registered political parties referred to in sub-paragraph (4)(b) is to be shown in the statement before the arrangement of individual candidates referred to in sub-paragraph (4)(a) is so shown.

(6) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (4)(a) alphabetical order is to be determined by reference to the surnames of the individual candidates and, if there are two or more of them with the same surname, of their other names.

(7) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (4)(b)—

(a) a registered political party is to be shown in the statement by reference to the description referred to in paragraph 7(2) in respect of the party, and

(b) alphabetical order is to be determined by disregarding the definite or indefinite article and, where there are two or more words in the description (having disregarded the definite or indefinite article), by reference to the first of those words and, if there are two or more parties with the same first word in the description, of the other words in the description.

(8) In the case of a person nominated by more than one individual nomination paper, the regional returning officer shall take the particulars required by the foregoing provisions of this paragraph from such one of the papers as the candidate (or the returning officer in default of the candidate) may select.

(9) In the case of a registered political party which has delivered more than one party nomination paper (and where candidates stand nominated by more than one of those papers), the regional returning officer shall take the particulars required by the foregoing provisions of this paragraph from such one of the papers as the registered nominating officer of the party may select; and if any candidate is shown standing nominated by a paper not so selected but is not so shown in the selected paper he shall no longer stand nominated.

(10) Other than in paragraph 18 the statement required by this paragraph is referred to in this Order as a statement of persons nominated.