Amendments to the 2004 Regulations17
In regulation 29 (offences in connection with candidature), which shall become paragraph (1) of that regulation—
a
for “rule 8(1)” substitute “rule 7(1)”; and
b
at the end insert—
2
A person is guilty of a corrupt practice if, in the case of a European Parliamentary election, he makes in any document in which he gives his consent to his nomination as a candidate in accordance with rule 6 of the European Parliamentary elections rules—
a
a statement of his date of birth, or
b
a statement as to his qualification for being elected at that election,
which he knows to be false in any particular.
3
For the purposes of paragraph (2), a statement as to a candidate’s qualification is a statement—
a
that he is qualified for being elected,
b
that he will be qualified for being elected, or
c
that to the best of his knowledge and belief he is not disqualified for being elected