The European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004

Right to attend nomination

12.—(1) Except for the purpose of delivering a nomination paper or of assisting the returning officer, no person is entitled to attend the proceedings during the time for delivery of nomination papers or for making objections to them unless he is—

(a) a person standing nominated as an individual candidate or included in a list under rule 7,

(b) the election agent of a registered party which has submitted a nomination or of an individual candidate, or

(c) a person authorised in writing to deliver a nomination paper.

(2) The right to attend conferred by this rule includes the right—

(a) to inspect, and

(b) to object to the validity of,

any nomination paper or list of candidates.