Political Parties elections and Referendums Bill - continued        House of Commons

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SCHEDULE 3
 
  APPLICATIONS UNDER PART II
  PART I
  APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION
 
Introductory
     1. - (1) Paragraphs 2 to 7 must be complied with in relation to an application under section 24.
 
      (2) Such an application must be accompanied by any fee prescribed by order made by the Secretary of State.
 
      (3) In the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule "an application" means an application under section 24.
 
 
Names
     2. - (1) An application must specify either-
 
 
    (a) a name to be the party's registered name, or
 
    (b) a name in Welsh and a name in English to be the party's registered names.
      (2) If a name to be registered is in a language other than English or Welsh, the application must include an English translation.
 
 
Headquarters
     3. - (1) An application must specify-
 
 
    (a) the address of the party's headquarters, or
 
    (b) if the party has no headquarters, an address to which communications to the party may be sent.
      (2) Where the party is a party with accounting units, any reference to the party in sub-paragraph (1) above is to be read as a reference to the central organisation.
 
 
Registered officers
     4. - (1) An application must give the name and home address of each of the following-
 
 
    (a) a person to be registered as the party's leader;
 
    (b) a person to be registered as the party's nominating officer;
 
    (c) a person to be registered as the party's treasurer.
      (2) If the person to be registered as the party's leader is (as mentioned in section 21(2)) the leader of the party for some particular purpose, the application must specify that purpose.
 
      (3) If one person is named in an application as leader, nominating officer and treasurer, the application must also give the name and home address of the holder of some other specified office in the party.
 
 
Party organisation
     5. - (1) An application must be accompanied by-
 
 
    (a) a copy of the party's constitution (within the meaning of section 22); and
 
    (b) a draft of the scheme which the party proposes to adopt for the purposes of section 22 if approved by the Commission under that section.
      (2) Where the party is a party with accounting units, the application must state in relation to each accounting unit the name of its treasurer and the address of its headquarters or, if it has no headquarters, an address to which communications to the accounting unit may be sent.
 
 
Additional information
     6. An application must include any other information prescribed by regulations made by the Commission.
 
 
Signature
     7. - (1) An application must be signed-
 
 
    (a) by the proposed registered leader or registered nominating officer, and
 
    (b) by the proposed registered treasurer,
  and must include a declaration by each person signing the application that he is authorised to sign it on behalf of the party.
 
      (2) An application may be signed by the same person in his capacity as proposed registered leader or registered nominating officer and in his capacity as proposed registered treasurer, but in that case it must be apparent from the application that he is signing it in both of those capacities.
 
 
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