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5.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to a vacancy in the seat of an MEP if—
(a)immediately before these Regulations come into force, the requirement to hold a by-election under regulation 82(3) of the Principal Regulations applies (requirement to hold a by-election where a seat was vacated by an individual candidate); and
(b)the previous MEP did not stand on behalf of one or more parties when elected to the seat.
(2) Regulation 82(3) continues to apply and the by-election is to be held in accordance with the Principal Regulations as if these Regulations had not come into force.
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