F1SCHEDULE 1EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS RULES

PART 1PROVISIONS AS TO TIME

Timetable

1.

The proceedings at the election must be conducted in accordance with the following Timetable.

Timetable

Proceeding

Time

Publication of notice of election

Not later than the twenty-fifth day before the date of poll.

Delivery of nomination papers and list of candidates of registered parties

Between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on any day after the date of the publication of the notice of election but not later than the nineteenth day before the date of the poll

Delivery of notices of withdrawals of candidature

Within the time for the delivery of nomination papers and lists of candidates at the election

The making of objections to nomination papers or list of candidates of registered parties

During the hours allowed for delivery of nomination papers and lists of candidates on the last day for their delivery and the hour following; but

  1. (a)

    no objection may be made in the afternoon of that last day except to a nomination paper delivered within 24 hours of the last time for its delivery and, in the case of a nomination paper so delivered, no objection may be so made to the sufficiency or nature of the particulars of a registered party or candidate on the party’s list or individual candidate unless made at or immediately after the time of the delivery of the nomination paper; and

  2. (b)

    the foregoing provisions do not apply to objections made in pursuance of rule18(2).

Publication of statement of parties and individual candidates nominated

If no objections to nomination papers or lists of candidates of registered parties are made, at the close of the time for doing so, or

if any such objections are made to nomination papers or lists of candidates of registered parties, not before they are disposed of, but not later than 24 hours after the last time for delivery of nomination papers or lists (as the case may be).

Polling

Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. on the day of the poll.