The Greater London Authority Elections Rules 2000 No. 208

SCHEDULE 4 THE ORDINARY ELECTIONS RULES

Citation, application and interpretation

1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Ordinary Elections Rules.

(2) These Rules, as read with the Constituency Members Election Rules, the London Members Election Rules or the Mayoral Election Rules, as the circumstances require, apply in relation to every ordinary election and have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any of those other Rules.

(3) In these Rules—

“candidate” means, as the circumstances require, a candidate at any of the following—

(a)

an election for the return of the Mayor;

(b)

an election for the return of the London members;

(c)

an election for the return of a constituency member;

“CMER” means the Constituency Members Election Rules;

“election” means an ordinary election;

“LMER” means the London Members Election Rules;

“MER” means the Mayoral Election Rules,

and unless the contrary intention appears, other expressions used in these Rules and in the CMER, the LMER or the MER have the same meaning in these Rules as they have in those Rules.