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72.—(1) This rule applies if—
(a)at a contested election proof is given to the returning officer’s satisfaction before the result of the election is declared that one of the persons named or to be named as a candidate in the ballot papers has died, and
(b)that person is standing in the name of a registered political party.
(2) The returning officer must—
(a)countermand notice of the poll, or
(b)if polling has begun, direct that the poll be abandoned.
(3) The procedure with reference to the election must be commenced afresh subject to the following provisions of this rule.
(4) The day appointed by order under section 4 of the 2002 Act must be taken as the first Thursday after the expiry of 45 days starting on the day the proof is given to the returning officer.
(5) No fresh nomination is necessary in the case of a person shown in the statement of candidates nominated as standing nominated.
(6) No other nomination may be made except for a person standing in the name of the same registered political party in whose name the deceased candidate was standing.
(7) The last day on which a nomination mentioned in paragraph (6) may be delivered is the fifteenth day before the day appointed for the poll under paragraph (4).
(8) The last day on which notice of withdrawal of candidature by a person who stands nominated by virtue of paragraph (5) or in pursuance of paragraph (6) may be delivered is the fifteenth day before the day appointed for the poll under paragraph (4).
(9) For the purposes of this rule—
(a)a person stands in the name of a registered political party if his nomination paper contains a description which is authorised as mentioned in rule 5(1) or (3); and
(b)a registered political party is a party which is registered under Part 2 of the 2000 Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 substituted (27.3.2009) by The European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/813), regs. 1(2), 38, Sch. 1
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