SCHEDULE 3Rules for Conduct of an Election of Councillors of a Principal Area where the Poll is taken together with the Poll at a Relevant Election or Referendum

PART 2Stages Common to Contested and Uncontested Elections

Nomination of candidates4

1

Each candidate must be nominated by a separate nomination paper, in the form in the Appendix, delivered at the place fixed for the purpose by the returning officer, which shall be at the offices of the council of the district or London borough in which the electoral area wholly or mainly lies.

2

The nomination paper must state the candidate’s—

a

full names,

b

home address in full, and

c

if desired, description,

and the surname must be placed first in the list of names.

3

If a candidate commonly uses—

a

a surname which is different from any other surname he has, or

b

a forename which is different from any other forename he has,

the nomination paper may state the commonly used surname or forename in addition to the other name.

4

The description (if any) can only be—

a

one authorised as mentioned in rule 5(1) or (3); or

b

the word “Independent”.