Deposits and expenses at elections

13Deposit by candidates at parliamentary elections.

In Schedule 1 to the principal Act (parliamentary elections rules)—

(a)

in rule 9(1) (nomination not valid unless £150 deposited with the returning officer) for " £150 " there shall be substituted " £500"; and

(b)

in rule 53(4) (forfeiture of deposit where a candidate has polled not more than one-eighth of the total votes) for "one-eighth" there shall be substituted " one-twentieth".