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  • Act Representation of the People Acts amended by 1985 c. 50 Sch. 1 para. 24
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  • Sch. 2 para. 1(6A) inserted by 2009 c. 12 s. 33(10)(e) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Ss. 30-34 repealed (10.6.2014 for E.W., 15.9.2014 for N.I., 19.9.2014 for S.) by Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6), s. 27(1), Sch. 4 para. 24(b) (with Sch. 5); S.I. 2014/414, art. 5(m); S.I. 2014/2439, art. 2(l))
  • Sch. 2 para. 5C inserted by 2022 c. 37 Sch. 4 para. 5

69 Office of election agent and sub-agent.U.K.

(1)Every election agent and every sub-agent shall have an office to which all claims, notices, [F1legal process and other] documents may be sent, and the address of the office shall be—

(a)declared to the appropriate officer at the same time as the appointment of the agent [F2is declared to him]; and

(b)stated in the public notice of the name of the agent.

[F3(1A)Subsection (1B) applies where—

(a)a candidate at an election of councillors to a county or county borough council in Wales has named themself as election agent,

(b)the home address form accompanying the candidate’s nomination paper contains a statement under rule 9(6) of Schedule 1 or 2 to the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Wales) Rules 2021 that the candidate’s home address must not be made public, and

(c)the office address that is required to be declared under subsection (1) is also the candidate’s home address.

(1B)If the candidate (in their capacity as election agent) does not want the office address to be included in the public notice under section 67(6), the candidate must, in addition to declaring the office address, provide the appropriate officer with another address in England or Wales to be used for correspondence (“a correspondence address”).

(1C)Where the candidate (in their capacity as election agent) provides a correspondence address under subsection (1B)—

(a)the office address must not be included in the public notice under section 67(6), and

(b)the correspondence address must be included instead.]

(2)The office—

(a)of the election agent for a parliamentary election shall be within the constituency or an adjoining constituency [F4or in a Welsh county or county borough, or London borough or district,] which is partly comprised in or adjoins the constituency, and that of a sub-agent shall be in the area within which he is appointed to act; and

(b)of an election agent for a local government election shall be within the local government area or in the constituency or one of the constituencies in which the area is comprised [F4or in a Welsh county or county borough, or London borough or district,] which adjoins it, [F5 and that of a sub-agent shall be in the area within which he is appointed to act].

(3)Any claim, notice, [F6legal process or other] document delivered at the office of the election agent or sub-agent [F7, or delivered to a correspondence address provided under subsection (1C),] and [F8addressed to the agent], shall be deemed to have been served on him and every election agent or sub-agent may in respect of any matter connected with the election in which he is acting be sued in any court having jurisdiction at the place where his office is situated.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 69(1) substituted (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 41, s. 138(1)(2), Sch. 18 para. 19(1)(a) (with s. 156(6)); S.I. 2001/222, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 Pt. II)

F4Words in s. 69(2)(a)(b) substituted (20.3.1995) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 68(13) (with ss. 54(4)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/546, art. 3, Sch. (with arts. 4-8)

F5Words in s. 69(2)(b) inserted (14.12.1999) by 1999 c. 29, s. 17, Sch. 3 para. 1, 14; S.I. 1999/3376, art. 2

F6Words in s. 69(3) substituted (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 41, s. 138(1)(2), Sch. 18 para. 19(1)(b) (with s. 156(6)); S.I 2001/222, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 Pt. II)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 69 applied (N.I.) by S.I. 1986/2250, regs. 2, 3, 5, Sch. 1 Pt. I

C2S. 69 applied (E.W.S.) by S.I. 1986/2209, regs. 2, 3, 5(1)(6)–(8), Sch. 1 Pt. I

C3S. 69 applied (with modifications) (1.8.2001) by S.I. 2001/2599, art. 3, Sch. 1 (as substituted (10.2.2009) by S.I. 2009/256, arts. 1(2), 3, Sch. 1)

C4S. 69 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (4.5.1996) by 1996/1220, art. 3(1)(5)-(8), Sch. 1

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