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68 Nomination of sub-agent at parliamentary or Authority elections.
(1) In the case of
(a) a parliamentary election for a county constituency, or
(b) an Authority election,
an election agent for a candidate may appoint to act in any part of the constituency or electoral area one, but not more than one, deputy election agent (in this Act referred to as sub-agent).
(2) As regards matters in a part of the constituency or electoral area for which there is a sub-agent the election agent may act by the sub-agent and—
(a) anything done for the purposes of this Act by or to the sub-agent in his part of the constituency or electoral area shall be deemed to be done by or to the election agent; and
(b) any act or default of a sub-agent which, if he were the election agent, would be an illegal practice or other offence against this Act shall be an illegal practice and offence against this Act committed by the sub-agent, and the sub-agent shall be liable to punishment accordingly; and
(c) the candidate shall suffer the like incapacity as if that act or default had been the election agent’s act or default.
(3) Not later than the second day before the day of the poll the election agent shall declare in writing the name and address of every sub-agent to the appropriate officer, and the appropriate officer shall forthwith give public notice of the name and address of every sub-agent so declared , unless subsection (3A) applies.
(3A) Where a sub-agent is appointed in a Scottish local government election, a declaration under section 68(3) may include a request by the sub-agent that any public notice of their address is to a correspondence address rather than their home address.
(3B) A request under subsection (3A) must be granted by the returning officer where an alternative correspondence address has been provided.
(4) The appointment of a sub-agent—
(a) shall not be vacated by the election agent who appointed him ceasing to be election agent, but
(b) may be revoked by whoever is for the time being the candidate’s election agent,
and in the event of the revocation of the appointment or of the death of a sub-agent another sub-agent may be appointed, and his name and address shall be forthwith declared in writing to the appropriate officer, who shall forthwith give public notice of the name and address so declared.
(4A) Where a registered political party submits a list of candidates to be London members of the London Assembly at an ordinary election—
(a) the election agent for those candidates must, if he appoints a sub-agent for any part of the electoral area in the case of any of those candidates, appoint the same person as sub-agent for that part of the electoral area in the case of all of the candidates; and
(b) any such appointment may only be revoked in respect of all of the candidates.
(5) The declaration to be made to the appropriate officer, and the notice to be given by him, under subsection (3) or subsection (4) above shall specify the part of the constituency or electoral area within which any sub-agent is appointed to act.
Your change, as a redline
68 Nomination of sub-agent at parliamentary or Authority elections.
(1) In the case of
(a) a parliamentary election for a county constituency, or
(b) an Authority election,
an election agent for a candidate may appoint to act in any part of the constituency or electoral area one, but not more than one, deputy election agent (in this Act referred to as sub-agent).
(2) As regards matters in a part of the constituency or electoral area for which there is a sub-agent the election agent may act by the sub-agent and—
(a) anything done for the purposes of this Act by or to the sub-agent in his part of the constituency or electoral area shall be deemed to be done by or to the election agent; and
(b) any act or default of a sub-agent which, if he were the election agent, would be an illegal practice or other offence against this Act shall be an illegal practice and offence against this Act committed by the sub-agent, and the sub-agent shall be liable to punishment accordingly; and
(c) the candidate shall suffer the like incapacity as if that act or default had been the election agent’s act or default.
(3) Not later than the second day before the day of the poll the election agent shall declare in writing the name and address of every sub-agent to the appropriate officer, and the appropriate officer shall forthwith give public notice of the name and address of every sub-agent so declared , unless subsection (3A) applies.
(3A) Where a sub-agent is appointed in a Scottish local government election, a declaration under section 68(3) may include a request by the sub-agent that any public notice of their address is to a correspondence address rather than their home address.
(3B) A request under subsection (3A) must be granted by the returning officer where an alternative correspondence address has been provided.
(4) The appointment of a sub-agent—
(a) shall not be vacated by the election agent who appointed him ceasing to be election agent, but
(b) may be revoked by whoever is for the time being the candidate’s election agent,
and in the event of the revocation of the appointment or of the death of a sub-agent another sub-agent may be appointed, and his name and address shall be forthwith declared in writing to the appropriate officer, who shall forthwith give public notice of the name and address so declared.
(4A) Where a registered political party submits a list of candidates to be London members of the London Assembly at an ordinary election—
(a) the election agent for those candidates must, if he appoints a sub-agent for any part of the electoral area in the case of any of those candidates, appoint the same person as sub-agent for that part of the electoral area in the case of all of the candidates; and
(b) any such appointment may only be revoked in respect of all of the candidates.
(5) The declaration to be made to the appropriate officer, and the notice to be given by him, under subsection (3) or subsection (4) above shall specify the part of the constituency or electoral area within which any sub-agent is appointed to act.
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