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(1)Any registered political party may submit a list of candidates to be Assembly members for the Assembly electoral region.
(2)The list is to be submitted to the regional returning officer.
(3)The list has effect in relation to—
(a)the ordinary election, and
(b)any vacancies in seats of Assembly members returned for Assembly electoral regions which occur after that election and before the next ordinary election.
(4)The list must not include more than twelve persons (but may include only one).
(5)The list must not include a person—
(a)who is included on any other list submitted for the Assembly electoral region or any list submitted for another Assembly electoral region,
(b)who is an individual candidate to be an Assembly member for the Assembly electoral region or another Assembly electoral region,
(c)who is a candidate to be the Assembly member for an Assembly constituency which is not included in the Assembly electoral region, or
(d)who is a candidate to be the Assembly member for an Assembly constituency included in the Assembly electoral region but is not a candidate of the party.
(6)A person may not be an individual candidate to be an Assembly member for the Assembly electoral region if he is—
(a)included on a list submitted by a registered political party for the Assembly electoral region or another Assembly electoral region,
(b)an individual candidate to be an Assembly member for another Assembly electoral region,
(c)a candidate to be the Assembly member for an Assembly constituency which is not included in the Assembly electoral region, or
(d)a candidate of any registered political party to be the Assembly member for an Assembly constituency included in the Assembly electoral region.
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