24(1)Section 82 shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1) (declaration by agent) for “the form in Schedule 3 to this Act” there shall be substituted “the appropriate form”.
(3)In subsection (2) (declaration by candidate) for “the form in that Schedule” there shall be substituted “the appropriate form”.
(4)After subsection (2) there shall be inserted—
“(2A)For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) above, “the appropriate form”—
(a)in the case of the election agent for the candidates on a list submitted under paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the 1999 Act (election of London members) by a registered political party, is the form set out for the purpose in rules under section 36(2A) above;
(b)in the case of any of the candidates included in such a list, is the form set out for the purpose in those rules; and
(c)in any other case, is the form in Schedule 3 to this Act.”
(5)In subsection (4) (persons before whom declaration as to election expenses may be made) in paragraph (a), after “London borough” there shall be inserted “or the proper officer of the Greater London Authority”.
(6)After subsection (5) there shall be inserted—
“(5A)Where one of the candidates included in a list submitted under paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the 1999 Act (election of London members) by a registered political party is the election agent for those candidates, the declarations required by subsections (1) and (2) above shall instead be modified as specified in the form set out in the rules under section 36(2A) above.”