10.—(1) A person shall not be validly nominated as a candidate at a constituency election unless the sum of £500 is deposited by him, or on his behalf, with the constituency returning officer at the place and during the time for delivery of constituency nomination papers.
(2) A person shall not be validly nominated as an individual candidate at a regional election unless the sum of £500 is deposited by him, or on his behalf, with the regional returning officer at the place or a place, and during the time, for delivery of individual nomination papers.
(3) A registered political party and each of the party list candidates on the list it has submitted shall not be validly nominated at a regional election unless the sum of £500 is deposited by the party’s registered nominating officer (or by or on behalf of one of the party list candidates) with the regional returning officer at the place or a place, and during the time, for delivery of a party list.
(4) The deposit may be made either—
(a)by the deposit of any legal tender;
(b)by means of a banker’s draft; or
(c)with the appropriate returning officer’s consent, in any other manner (including by means of a debit or credit card or the electronic transfer of funds),
but the appropriate returning officer may refuse to accept a deposit sought to be made by means of a banker’s draft if he does not know that the drawer carries on business as a banker in the United Kingdom.
(5) Where the deposit is made on behalf of a candidate at a constituency election or an individual candidate at a regional election, the person making the deposit shall at the time he makes it give his name and address to the appropriate returning officer unless that information has previously been given to him under article 37.
(6) Where the deposit is made on behalf of a registered political party and its party list candidates at a regional election the person making the deposit shall at the time he makes it—
(a)if he is the registered political party’s registered nominating officer, state that fact to the regional returning officer; or
(b)if he is not the party’s registered nominating officer, give his name and address to the regional returning officer unless that information has previously been given to him under article 37.