The European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1999

Effect of default in appointment of agents of registered parties

14.—(1) If no person’s name and address are given as required by–

(a) regulation 10 above as the national election agent of a registered party, or

(b) regulation 11 (where regulation 10 does not apply) as the election agent of a registered party for an electoral region,

by the latest time for delivery of notices of withdrawals, the nominating officer shall be deemed to have named himself as the national election agent or, as the case may be, the election agent and to have revoked any appointment of another person as that agent.

(2) If–

(a) the person whose name and address have been so given as those of the party’s national election agent or, as the case may be, election agent (not being the party’s nominating officer) dies, and

(b) a new appointment is not made on the day of the death or the following day,

the party’s nominating officer shall be deemed to have appointed himself as from the time of the death to the office in question.

(3) If the appointment of a party’s national election agent or, as the case may be, election agent is revoked without a new appointment being made, the party’s nominating officer shall be deemed to have been appointed (or re-appointed) to the office in question.

(4) The deemed appointment of a nominating officer as his party’s national election agent or, as the case may be, election agent may be revoked as if it were an actual appointment.

(5) Regulation 10(8) above applies for the purposes of this regulation as it applies for the purposes of that regulation.

(6) Where a party’s nominating officer or officer determined under regulation 10(8), as applied by paragraph (5) above, is by virtue of this regulation to be treated as the party’s national election agent or, as the case may be, election agent, he shall be deemed to have his office at the address registered under the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 as the party’s headquarters (or, if it has no headquarters, the address to which communications to the party may be sent).

(7) On being satisfied that a party’s nominating officer or officer determined under paragraph (5) above is by virtue of this regulation to be treated as–

(a) the party’s national election agent, or

(b) the party’s election agent,

the Secretary of State shall, forthwith proceed to publish the like notice as if that officer’s name and address and the address of his office had been duly given to him under regulations 10 and 13 above or, as the case may be, regulations 11 and 13 above.