LegalizeThe European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004
Made: 22nd March 2004
Coming into force: 23rd March 2004
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PART 1 — GENERAL
Citation, commencement and extent
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Interpretation
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General application in relation to local government elections in England and Wales
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General application to Scotland
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General application to Gibraltar
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Conduct of poll and count in each local counting area
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Deputies and assistance
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Polling districts and places
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Rules for European Parliamentary elections and general duty of returning officers and local returning officers
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Absent voting
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Combination of polls
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Entitlement to registration and legal incapacity to vote in Gibraltar
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Modification of the 2003 Act and these Regulations for 2004 elections in relation to citizens of Accession States
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Title of returning officers and local returning officers
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Payments by and to returning officers and local returning officers
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Taxation of returning officer’s and local returning officer’s account
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Effect of registers
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Effect of misdescription
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Discharge of registration duties
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Payment of expenses of registration
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Registration appeals: England and Wales
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Registration appeals: Scotland
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Personation
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Other voting offences
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Breach of official duty
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Tampering with nomination papers, ballot papers, etc
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False statement in nomination papers
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Offences in connection with candidature
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Requirement of secrecy
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Prohibition on publication of exit polls
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PART 2 — THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN
Interpretation of Part 2
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Computation of time for purposes of Part 2
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Election agents of registered parties
Appointment of national election agent of registered party
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Appointment of election agent by a registered party standing in one electoral region only
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Appointment of sub-agent for registered parties
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Office of agents of registered parties
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Effect of default in appointment of agents of registered parties
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Election agents of individual candidates
Appointment of election agent for individual candidate
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Appointment of sub-agent for individual candidate
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Office of election agent and sub-agent for individual candidate
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Effect of default in election agent’s appointment
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Election expenses
Control of donations to individual candidates
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Payment of expenses of individual candidates through election agent
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Individual candidate’s personal expenses, and petty expenses
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Expenses of individual candidate incurred otherwise than for elections purposes
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Prohibition of expenses of individual candidate not authorised by election agent
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Limitation of election expenses for individual candidates
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Time for sending in and paying claims: individual candidates
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Disputed claims: individual candidates
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Election agent’s claim
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Return as to election expenses: individual candidates
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Declarations as to election expenses: individual candidates
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Return as to personal expenses: candidates on party lists
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Penalty for failure as respects return or declarations: individual candidates
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Authorised excuses for failures as to return and declarations: individual candidates
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Court’s power to require information from election agent or sub-agent of individual candidate
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Duty of appropriate officer to forward returns and declarations to Electoral Commission
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Publication of time and place for inspection of returns and declarations
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Inspection of returns and declaration
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Meaning of “election expenses”
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Incurring of election expenses for purposes of regulation 60
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Property, goods, services etc provided free of charge or at a discount
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General
Candidate’s right to send election address post free
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Broadcasting from outside United Kingdom
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Broadcasting of local items during election period
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Imitation poll cards
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Schools and rooms for European Parliamentary election meetings
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Disturbances at election meetings
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Officials not to act for candidates
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Illegal canvassing by police officers
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False statements as to candidates
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Corrupt withdrawal from candidature
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Payments for exhibition of election notices
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Details to appear on election publications
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Prohibition of paid canvassers
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Providing money for illegal purposes
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Bribery
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Treating
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Undue influence
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Rights of creditors
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Savings as to European Parliamentary elections
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PART 3 — VACANCIES
Initial response to vacancies
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Filling of vacancies from a registered party’s list
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By-election to fill certain vacancies
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When a by-election is not needed
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PART 4 — LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Interpretation of Part 4
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Computation of time for purposes of Part 4
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Method of questioning European Parliamentary elections
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Presentation and service of European Parliamentary election petitions
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Time for presentation or amendment of European Parliamentary election petition
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Constitution of election court and place of trial
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Judges' expenses and reception: England and Wales
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Judges' expenses and reception: Scotland
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Security for costs
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Petition at issue
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Trial of election issue
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Witnesses
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Duty to answer relevant questions
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Expenses of witnesses
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Conclusion of trial of European Parliamentary election petition
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