The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012

Content of election address U.K.

5.—(1) An election address must specify the candidate's name and must contain matter relating to the ordinary PCC election only.

(2) In particular, an election address must not contain—

(a) any advertising material (other than material promoting the candidate as a candidate at the PCC election), or

(b) any material referring to any other candidate for election at the ordinary PCC election, or

(c) any material appearing to the police area returning officer—

(i) to be included with a view to commercial gain, or

(ii) to be indecent, obscene or offensive, or

(iii) to be such that its publication or distribution would be likely to amount to the commission of an offence.

(3) Any photograph showing the candidate which is included in an election address—

(a) must show no other person, and

(b) must comply with sub-paragraph (2).

(4) An election address may include a representation of the registered emblem, or (as the case may be) one of the registered emblems, of a registered political party, if the address is prepared on behalf of an authorised party candidate.

(5) Where an election address is prepared on behalf of an authorised party candidate, the address may contain a description registered under section 28A of the 2000 Act or, if the description is registered for use by candidates of two or more parties, under section 28B of that Act.

(6) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (4) and (5)—

“authorised party candidate”, in relation to a registered political party, means a candidate who has been authorised to use the emblem or description in question by a certificate which—

(a)

is issued by or on behalf of the registered nominating officer of the party where the description is registered under section 28A of the 2000 Act M1 , or of each of the parties where the description is registered under section 28B of that Act, and

(b)

is received by the police area returning officer before the last time for the delivery of nomination papers set out in the Table in rule 1 of the PCC elections rules;

“registered political party” has the meaning given in rule 6(6)(a) of the PCC elections rules.

Marginal Citations

M1 Section 28A and 28B were inserted by section 49(1) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22).