The Commission will assess your application against the statutory tests in the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA).
This includes:
Verifying the information provided in your application. This will mean checking, for example, that home addresses have been given for party officers.
Reviewing your constitution and financial scheme to check if they meet the requirements of PPERA. For constitutions it also means checking that it does not contravene UK equality law.
Assessing whether your proposed party name, any descriptions and any emblems meet the statutory tests in PPERA.
It is possible that we may identify matters with the application that we suggest you consider at this stage. If this is the case, we may put your application on hold for a reasonable period of time to allow you to respond. Any delay in responding to us may delay the processing of your application. If we do not hear from you by the deadline your application may be refused.