9 Amendment of Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004
In Schedule 1, after rule 7, insert—

“7A Request for information where candidate is relevant citizen of the Union
1 This rule applies where the candidate is a relevant citizen of the Union and the Secretary of State has received a copy of a declaration in accordance with rule 7(6).
2 The Secretary of State must send a notice to the designated contact point in the member State of which the candidate is a national.
3 The notice referred to in paragraph (2)—
(a) must notify the member State of the declaration made by the candidate under rule 7(4);
(b) must ask whether the candidate has been deprived of the right to stand as a candidate through a relevant disqualifying decision in that member State; and
(c) may request a response by a specified date.
4 The Secretary of State must send to the returning officer a copy of any response to the notice as soon as practicable after the response is received.”