Home adress form: statement of local authority area

(1) Schedule 1 to RPA 1983 (Parliamentary elections rules) is amended as follows.
(2) In rule 6 (nomination of candidates)—

(a) in paragraph (5)(b), for the words from “state” to the end substitute “—

(i) where the candidate’s home address is in the UnitedKingdom, state the constituency or the relevant areawithin which that address is situated;
(ii) where the candidate’s home address is outside theUnited Kingdom, state the country within which thataddress is situated.”;

(b) after paragraph (5) insert—

“(6) In paragraph (5)(b)(i), “relevant area” means—

(a) in relation to a home address in England—

(i) if the address is within a district for which there isa district council, that district;
(ii) if the address is within a county in which there areno districts with councils, that county;
(iii) if the address is within a London borough, thatLondon borough;
(iv) if the address is within the City of London(including the Inner and Middle Temples), theCity of London;
(v) if the address is within the Isles of Scilly, the Islesof Scilly;

(b) in relation to a home address in Wales—

(i) if the address is within a county, that county;
(ii) if the address is within a county borough, thatcounty borough;

(c) in relation to a home address in Scotland, the localgovernment area in which the address is situated;
(d) in relation to a home address in Northern Ireland, the localgovernment district in which the address is situated.”

(3) In the Appendix of forms, in the Form of Front of Ballot Paper, for the address after“Catherine Angelina Smith” substitute “(address in [relevant area])”.