Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 substituted (30.1.2009) by The European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/186), regs. 1(2), 39, Sch. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 1 applied (with modifications) (18.2.2012) by The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Council Tax Increases) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/444), reg. 1, Sch. 4 para. 1 (with reg. 27)
6.—(1) A registered party which is to stand for election in the electoral region must be nominated by a nomination paper delivered to the returning officer at the place which he has fixed for the purpose, by the party’s nominating officer or a person authorised in writing by him.
(2) The nomination paper must state the name of the party registered under section 28 of the 2000 Act.
(3) The nomination paper may state the description by which the registered party is to stand for election.
(4) In paragraph (3) a description must be a description of the party registered under section 28A of the 2000 Act.
(5) The nomination paper must be accompanied by a list of candidates which complies with rule 7.
(6) The nomination paper must include a statement that the party is nominated by or on behalf of the nominating officer of the registered party in question and must be signed by the person making it.
(7) Where a nomination paper and list of candidates are delivered in respect of the same registered party after an earlier paper and list have been delivered in respect of that party, that later paper and list must be deemed to supersede the earlier ones.
(8) A person shall be guilty of a corrupt practice if he fraudulently purports to be authorised to make the statement required by paragraph (6) on behalf of a registered party’s nominating officer.]