The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007

Right to attend nomination

12.—(1) In relation to a constituency election, except for the purpose of delivering a constituency nomination paper or of assisting the constituency returning officer, and subject to paragraph (6), no person is entitled to attend the proceedings during the time for delivery of nomination papers or for making objections to them unless he is—

(a) a person standing nominated as a candidate;

(b) the election agent of such a person;

(c) the registered nominating officer of a registered political party that has delivered a certificate under paragraph 5(1) or (3) in respect of a candidate; or

(d) a person who is entitled to attend by virtue of section 6A or 6B of the 2000 Political Parties Act(1),

but where a candidate acts as his own election agent he may name one other person who shall be entitled to attend in place of his election agent.

(2) In relation to a regional election, except for the purpose of delivering an individual nomination paper or a party nomination paper or of assisting the regional returning officer, and subject to paragraph (6), no person is entitled to attend the proceedings during the time for delivery of individual nomination papers or party nomination papers or for making objections to them unless he is—

(a) a person standing nominated as an individual candidate;

(b) the election agent of such a person;

(c) a party list candidate;

(d) the registered nominating officer of a registered political party that has submitted a party list, or the election agent of that party in respect of that list;

(e) a person who is entitled to attend by virtue of section 6A or 6B of the 2000 Political Parties Act,

but where an individual candidate acts as his own election agent, or a party list candidate acts as election agent of that party in relation to that list, he may name one other person who shall be entitled to attend in place of the election agent for that individual candidate or, as the case may be party.

(3) In relation to a constituency election, the right to attend conferred by this rule includes the right—

(a) to inspect; and

(b) to object to the validity of,

any constituency nomination paper.

(4) In relation to a regional election, the right to attend conferred by this rule includes the right—

(a) to inspect; and

(b) to object to the validity of,

any individual nomination paper or any party nomination paper (including the nomination of any party list candidate on the party list submitted with that party nomination paper).

(5) Paragraphs (3) and (4) do not apply to a person mentioned in paragraph (1)(d) or (2)(e).

(6) One other person chosen by the candidate is entitled to be present at the delivery of the nomination paper by which that candidate is nominated, and may afterwards, so long as the candidate stands nominated, attend the proceedings referred to in paragraph (1) or, as the case may be, (2), but without any such right as is conferred by paragraph (3) or, as the case may be, (4).

(1)

Sections 6A and 6B are inserted into the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 by section 29 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 from 1st January 2007.