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5.—(1) A nomination paper may not include a description of an individual candidate which is likely to lead voters to associate the candidate with a registered political party unless—
(a)the individual candidate is standing on behalf of a registered party at a by-election;
(b)the party is a qualifying party in relation to the electoral region; and
(c)the description in question is authorised by a certificate—
(i)issued by or on behalf of the registered nominating officer of the party, and
(ii)received by the returning officer at some time during the period for delivery of nomination papers set out in the Table in rule 1.
(2) A person shall be guilty of a corrupt practice if he fraudulently purports to be authorised to issue a certificate under paragraph (1) on behalf of a registered political party’s nominating officer.
(3) For the purposes of the application of this rule in relation to an election—
(a)“registered political party” means a party which was registered under Part 2 of the 2000 Act at the time by which the notice of the election is required to be published by virtue of rule 1 (“the relevant time”);
(b)a registered political party is a qualifying party in relation to an electoral region if the region is in England (including the combined region) or is Wales or Scotland and the party was at the relevant time registered in respect of that part of Great Britain in the Great Britain register maintained under that Part of that Act.
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