Guidance for Returning Officers administering a Senedd election

Only certain people are entitled to attend the delivery of nomination papers and make objections to the validity of nomination forms. For more information see our guidance on objections to nominations.

The following persons will be able to attend the delivery and make objections to the validity of nomination forms:1

• a person nominated as an individual candidate and their election agent
• if an individual candidate is their own election agent, someone nominated by them to attend on their behalf
• a party list candidate or the election agent of that party
• if the election agent is also a candidate on the party list, someone nominated by them to attend on their behalf
• the registered Nominating Officer of a party that has submitted a party list (or someone appointed in writing on their behalf)

Those who are also entitled to attend the delivery of nomination papers, but who are not allowed to inspect or make any objections to nomination papers are:2  

• Electoral Commission representatives
• Any person delivering a nomination paper on behalf of a political party 
• Any person assisting the RO

You must take reasonable steps to ensure that those who entitled to attend the delivery and make objections to the validity of nomination forms can access those delivered electronically for the purposes of inspection.3 For more information see our guidance on inspection of nomination papers.