The European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004

Effect of default in appointment of agents of registered parties

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

(a)regulation 33 as the national election agent of a registered party, or

(b)regulation 34 (where regulation 33 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 33(8) 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 33(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 2000 Act 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 or the appropriate officer (as the case may be) 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 33 and 36 or, as the case may be, regulations 34 and 36.