(a)
to have their names included in a group in the ballot papers to be used in
that election, and
(b) to have their names included in that group in the
order specified in that claim.
(2) A claim may also include a request for a
group voting square for the group on the ballot papers to be used in the
election concerned, but only if there are at least 15 candidates in the group
at the close of nominations for the election.
(4)
Subject to this section, candidates nominated for a periodic Council election
who have made a claim under subsection (1) are, for the purposes of that
election, to be included in a group in the order specified in the claim.
(5)
The number of candidates in a group must not exceed the number of candidates
required to be elected at the particular election.
(6) Two or more candidates
who have made a claim under subsection (1) may, in the approved form and
before 12 noon on the nomination day, withdraw that claim.
(7) A claim is not
valid if--
(a) the name of any candidate included in the claim is included in
any other claim under this section, or
(b) the nomination of any candidate
whose name is included in the claim is withdrawn.
(8) If a claim is made in
respect of a periodic Council election and any of the persons who made the
claim--
(a) dies before the making of the declaration of the persons elected
at that election, or
(b) is a person whose nomination is void under
section 90 (Dual nominations),
then--
(c) if there are 2 or more other persons
who made that claim, the group is to consist of the remainder of those persons
only, or
(d) if there is only 1 other person who made that claim, the claim
is not valid.
