The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017

DepositsU.K.

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10.—(1) A person shall not be validly nominated unless the sum of £5000 is deposited by that person or on that person's behalf, with the [F1CA/CCA] returning officer at the place and within the time for delivery of nomination papers.

(2) The deposit may be made either—

(a)by the deposit of any legal tender, or

(b)by means of a banker's draft, or

(c)with the [F1CA/CCA] 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 [F1CA/CCA] returning officer may refuse to accept a deposit sought to be made by means of a banker's draft if the [F1CA/CCA] returning officer does not know that the drawer carries on business as a banker in the United Kingdom.

(3) Where the deposit is made on behalf of the candidate, the person making the deposit must at the time it is made give his or her name and address to the [F1CA/CCA] returning officer (unless they have previously been given to the [F1CA/CCA] returning officer under section 67 M1 (appointment of election agent) of the 1983 Act.

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Marginal Citations

M1Section 67 was amended by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), section 17 and Schedule 3 and by the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50), section 24 and Schedule 4.