Candidates.

1 At a general election, the candidates may stand for return as constituency members or regional members. 2 A person may not be a candidate to be a constituency member for more than one constituency. 3 The candidates to be regional members shall be those included in a list submitted under subsection (4) or individual candidates. 4 Any registered political party may submit to the regional returning officer a list of candidates to be regional members for a particular region (referred to in this Act, in relation to the region, as the party’s “ regional list ”). 5 A registered political party’s regional list has effect in relation to the general election and any vacancy occurring among the regional members after that election and before the next general election. 6 Not more than twelve persons may be included in the list (but the list may include only one person). 7 A registered political party’s regional list must not include a person— a who is included in any other list submitted under subsection (4) for the region or any list submitted under that subsection for another region, b who is an individual candidate to be a regional member for the region or another region, c who is a candidate to be a constituency member for a constituency not included in the region, or d who is a candidate to be a constituency member for a constituency included in the region but is not a candidate of that party. 8 A person may not be an individual candidate to be a regional member for a particular region if he is— a included in a list submitted under subsection (4) for the region or another region, b an individual candidate to be a regional member for another region, c a candidate to be a constituency member for a constituency not included in the region, or d a candidate of any registered political party to be a constituency member for a constituency included in the region. 9 In this Act, “ registered political party ” means a party registered under Part II of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 .