17. 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”