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SCHEDULE 2SCOTTISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RULES

PART IISTAGES COMMON TO CONTESTED AND UNCONTESTED ELECTIONS

Nomination

Nomination of individual candidate for return as a regional member

6.—(1) Each individual candidate for return as a regional member shall be nominated by a separate nomination paper (referred to in these rules as an “individual nomination paper”), in the form G set out in the Appendix, delivered to the regional returning officer at the place or a place fixed for the purpose.

(2) The individual nomination paper shall be signed by the candidate and by a witness to the candidate’s signature.

(3) The individual nomination paper shall state the candidate's–

(a)name in full;

(b)home address in full; and

(c)if desired, description,

and the surname shall be placed first in the list of his names.

(4) The description, if any, must consist of either–

(a)a description (of not more than six words in length) which is authorised as mentioned in rule 8 below; or

(b)the word “Independent”.

(5) The individual nomination paper shall also state the name and address of the witness to the candidate’s signature.