SCHEDULE 7U.K.THE MAYORAL ELECTION RULES

PART 3U.K.Stages Common To Contested And Uncontested Elections

[F1Inspection of home address formsU.K.

13A.(1) During ordinary office hours, in the period starting 24 hours after the latest time for the delivery of nomination papers and before the date of the poll, the following may inspect the home address form of a candidate (“candidate A”)—

(a)a person standing nominated as a candidate in the same mayoral election as candidate A (“candidate B”),

(b)candidate B’s election agent,

(c)where candidate B acts as their own election agent, a person nominated by candidate B, or

(d)no more than two persons who subscribed candidate B’s nomination paper.

(2) Where a person has been nominated by more than one nomination paper, the reference in paragraph 1(d) to candidate B’s nomination paper is a reference to—

(a)the nomination paper that candidate B may select, or

(b)in the absence of such a selection, the nomination paper which was first delivered in accordance with rule 6(1)(b).

(3) Inspection under paragraph (1) may not take place on a day that is specified in rule 4(1).

(4) Nothing in this rule permits any person to take a copy of, or extracts from, any home address form.

(5) The GLRO must not permit a home address form to be inspected otherwise than in accordance with this rule, or for some other purpose authorised by law.]