Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Greater London Authority Elections (Election Addresses) (Amendment) Order 2008 and shall come into force on the day after it is made.

Interpretation

2.  In the following provisions of this Order any reference to an article by number alone is a reference to the article bearing that number in the Greater London Authority Elections (Election Addresses) Order 2003(5).

Anonymous electors

3.  Article 2 is re-numbered article 2(1), and for paragraph (ii) of the definition of “elector” in that article, substitute—

“(ii)includes a person then shown in any such register (or, in the case of a person who has an anonymous entry in any such register, in the record of anonymous entries for that electoral area) as below voting age if (but only if) it appears from the register (or from the record) that he will be of voting age on the day fixed for the poll.”.

4.  After article 2(1) insert—

“(2) In paragraph (ii) of the definition of “elector” in article 2, “anonymous entry” and “record of anonymous entries” have the meaning given in section 202(1) of the 1983 Act.”(6).

Use of joint descriptions

5.  After article 5(3) insert—

“(3A) Where an election address is prepared on behalf of an authorised party candidate, the address may contain a description registered under section 28A or, if the description is registered for use by candidates of two or more parties, under section 28B of the PPER Act.”(7).

6.  In article 5(4)—

(a)for “paragraph (3) above” substitute “paragraphs (3) and (3A)”;

(b)after “emblem” insert “or description”;

(c)in subparagraph (a), after “party” insert “where the description is registered under section 28A of the PPER Act, or of each of the parties where the description is registered under section 28B of that Act”.

Miscellaneous amendments

7.  In article 7(1)(b), for “by such date as he may determine” substitute “by the last time for the delivery of nomination papers for the election”.

8.  In article 8(1), after “GLRO” insert “, as soon as reasonably practicable after the last time for the delivery of nomination papers for the election”.

9.  For article 9(3)(b), substitute—

“(b)making printed copies, or copies of the booklet in any electronic format, available to anyone who makes a request to the GLRO for such copies;”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Greater London Authority (Election Addresses) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1907). That Order makes provision for the free delivery of elections addresses, prepared by candidates, at ordinary elections for the Mayor of London, and collated in an election booklet, to electors in London.

The purpose of articles 3 and 4 of this Order is to provide for persons, including those who are anonymously registered, to receive an election booklet.

The purpose of articles 5 and 6 of this Order is to permit candidates to include a joint description in their election address.

The purpose of articles 7 and 8 is to provide that candidates’ election addresses must be submitted by the close of nominations, and the purpose of article 9 is to make it clear that the GLRO may, on request, supply the booklet in a format other than a printed format.