Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Act 2013

Amendment of section 12 of European Parliament Elections Act 1997

6. Section 12 (inserted by section 10 of the Act of 2009) of the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 is amended—

(a) in subsection (2), by substituting “at or before the latest relevant time specified in rule 10 for the receipt of that candidate’s nomination” for “before the expiration of the time appointed by this Act for receiving nominations”, and

(b) in subsection (4), by substituting “the latest relevant time for delivery of the relevant candidate’s nomination paper” for “the latest time for delivery of a nomination paper”.