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Made | 16th July 2003 | ||
Coming into force | 17th July 2003 |
Mayoral candidate's right to delivery of an election address
3.
Each candidate at an election shall be entitled (subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Order) to have an election address prepared on behalf of the candidate included in an election booklet prepared by the GLRO delivered at the Authority's expense.
Election address
4.
An election address, in relation to a candidate, is a statement prepared by the candidate's election agent which complies with the provisions of articles 5 and 6.
Contents of election addresses
5.
- (1) An election address must contain matter relating to the election only.
(2) In particular, an election address must not contain -
(3) An election address may include a representation of the registered emblem[9], 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.
(4) In paragraph (3) above "authorised party candidate", in relation to a registered political party, means a candidate who has been authorised to use the emblem in question by a certificate -
(5) An election address must -
Form of election addresses
6.
- (1) Subject to any requirements imposed by or under this article, the format of a candidate's election address may be determined by the candidate (and, in particular, may consist of a combination of words, pictures and artwork).
(2) An election address must be printed on not more than two sides of A5 paper, but if such an address is printed on two sides of such paper -
(3) An election address must -
The election booklet
7.
- (1) The election booklet is a document prepared by the GLRO which contains the election addresses of all candidates who -
to the GLRO by such date as he may determine.
the GLRO shall decline to include the address in the election booklet.
Form of election booklet
8.
- (1) The order in which the candidates' election addresses appear in the election booklet shall be determined by lot drawn by the GLRO.
(2) The election booklet shall include, in addition to candidates' election addresses, a statement by the GLRO -
in the order they are to appear on the ballot paper[11];
(d) listing all the candidates at the ordinary election for the return of constituency members, in alphabetical order by constituency and with the names of candidates for each constituency in the order they are to appear on the ballot paper[12].
(3) The GLRO shall include in a listing of candidates under paragraphs (2)(b) to (d) any description of the candidate as stated on his nomination paper.
(4) The election booklet may also include such other information as the GLRO is required or permitted by or under any enactment to publish in the booklet.
(5) The election booklet must -
(6) Subject to paragraphs (1) to (5) above, the form of the election booklet shall be determined by the GLRO.
(7) The election agent of each candidate whose election address has been accepted by the GLRO for inclusion in the booklet shall be given an opportunity to attend at a time and place notified to him by the GLRO in order to check, and submit to the GLRO typographical corrections to, the proof of the candidate's address, by such time as the GLRO may require.
(8) If the election agent of any such candidate fails to avail himself of that opportunity, the GLRO may -
(9) No person other than -
shall incur any civil or criminal liability in respect of the publication of that address in the election booklet or its dissemination in accordance with article 9 below.
Distribution of election booklets
9.
- (1) The GLRO shall cause copies of the election booklet to be addressed and delivered to each elector at the Authority's expense.
(2) The election booklets shall be delivered by -
(3) The GLRO may in addition disseminate the contents of the election booklet by -
Contributions by candidates towards cost of printing
10.
- (1) Each candidate by whom an election address is submitted to the GLRO for inclusion in the election booklet shall pay the sum of £10,000 to the GLRO as a contribution towards the expenses incurred by him in respect of the printing of the election booklet.
(2) The payment required by paragraph (1) above shall be made at such time, and in such manner, as the GLRO may determine.
(3) A candidate shall be entitled to a full refund of any such payment if, but only if, the candidate has given notice of withdrawal of his candidature before the last time for the withdrawal of candidates.
(4) If the total amount of the payments made by candidates under this article exceeds the total amount of the expenses incurred by the GLRO in respect of the printing of the election booklet, the GLRO shall -
Contributions to printing cost as candidates' election expenses
11.
- (1) The amount of any payment made by a candidate under article 10 above (or if paragraph (4) of that article applies, the net amount of any such payment after deducting the payment under that paragraph) shall be taken, for the purposes of Part II of the 1983 Act (the election campaign), to be an amount of election expenses incurred by the candidate in relation to the election.
(2) Nothing in section 75(1) of the 1983 Act (restriction on third party expenditure) shall be taken to apply, in relation to any candidate, to any expenses incurred by the GLRO in consequence of the provisions of this Order.
Signed by authority of the First Secretary of State
Keith Hill
Minister of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
16th July 2003
[2] See s.7(1) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.41) for the requirement to consult the Electoral Commission before making an order under s.17A(3) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.back
[3] The Mayor, London Assembly and such other persons and bodies as the Secretary of State may determine to be appropriate, are to be consulted under s.17A(6) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 before making an order under s.17A(3) of that Act.back
[4] Section 420(3)(za) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 was inserted by s.14(3) of the Representation of the People Act 2000 (2000 c.2).back
[7] See rule 3(1) in Schedule 3 to the Greater London Authority Elections (No. 2) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/427) as amended by S.I. 2000/1040 and S.I. 2001/3789 ("GLA Election Rules"). Publication of notice of election is to be not later than the twenty-fifth day before the day of election.back
[10] See the Mayoral Election Rules in Schedule 3 to the Greater London Authority Elections (No. 2) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/427), as amended by S.I. 2000/1040 and S.I. 2001/3789 ("GLA Elections Rules"), rule 16(6).back
[11] See the London Members Election Rules in Schedule 2 to the GLA Elections Rules, rule 16(7).back
[12] See the Constituency Members Election Rules in Schedule 1 to the GLA Elections Rules, rules 10(3) and 15(5).back
[13] See s.11 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (c.26) on the granting of a licence. A person conveying a letter from one place to another commits an offence under s.6 unless the person holds a licence or the conveyance is excepted by section 7 of the Act from the requirements of section 6(1).back
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