SCHEDULES

F2SCHEDULE 5Local Elections Rules

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F2

SI 1985/454

Part VII Death of Candidate

ELECTION OF DISTRICT COUNCILLORS

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Amendments (Textual)
F1

SI 2001/417

District of ....................................................................................................

District Electoral Area ....................................................................................................

Day of election ....................................................................................................

We, the undersigned, being electors in the above-mentioned district electoral area do hereby nominate the under-mentioned person as candidate at this election.

Candidate's surname

Other names in full

Description

Home Address in full

Signatures

Electoral Number (See Note 3)

Proposer ............................................................

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Seconder ............................................................

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We, the undersigned, being electors for the above-mentioned district electoral area do hereby assent to the foregoing nomination.

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NOTES

1. The attention of candidates and electors is drawn to the rules for filling up nomination papers and other provisions relating to nomination contained in the local elections rules in Schedule 5 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962, as substituted by Schedule 1 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 and, in particular, to the need for a candidate to consent to his nomination.

2. Where the candidate is commonly known by some title he may be described by his title as if it were his surname.

Note 3 rep. by SI 2001/417

4. An elector must not sign more nomination papers for the district electoral area than there are vacancies to be filled.

5. A person whose name is entered in the registerF1. . . may not subscribe a nomination paper if the entry gives as the date on which he will become of voting age a date later than the day fixed for the poll.

2. Candidate's consent to nomination(rule 7)