PART 3Vacancies
F1Independent MEP: notice of substitutes76F
1
An MEP who stood as an independent when elected may give to the Chief Electoral Officer a notice in accordance with paragraph (2) (in these Regulations referred to as a “notice of substitutes”).
2
That notice must—
a
be dated;
b
be signed by the MEP;
c
set out the names, addresses and dates of birth of not more than six persons for the purposes of filling any vacancy in the MEP’s seat and indicate, where more than one person is so named, an order of preference; and
d
be signed by those persons, indicating their consent to be contacted in accordance with regulation 76G.
3
Where an independent MEP has given the Chief Electoral Officer more than one notice of substitutes, the latest notice supersedes any earlier one.