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9.—(1) A person (“P”) who became a candidate at a relevant by-election to fill a casual vacancy in the office of parish councillor on or before 6th April 2020 is no longer a candidate, and is treated as not having been a candidate before the coming into force of this regulation.
(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) affects whether or not P is a candidate at the postponed poll for such an election.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), the reference to the postponed poll is a reference to the poll to be held on the date, or within the period, specified by regulations under section 61 of the 2020 Act.
(4) A person (including P) is not liable in respect of any act or omission (whenever occurring), in relation to P’s candidacy before the coming into force of this regulation (disregarding paragraph (1)), under sections 76 to 77 and 90C of, and Schedule 4 to, the 1983 Act (election expenses at certain local elections)(1), as applied by section 90 of that Act.
Schedule 4 was amended by the Representation of the People Act 1985, section 14(6) and Schedule 4, paragraph 89; by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, Schedule 18, paragraphs 1 and 17, and by the Crime and Courts Act 2012, Schedule 9, paragraph 51(1)(b) and (2).
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