83D   Notification of party endorsement

(1)  The registered officer of a registered party may request that either the registered name of that party or the registered abbreviation of the name of that party be printed on the ballot papers for an election adjacent to the name of a candidate who has been endorsed by that party.

(2)  Any such request is to be in writing signed by the person making the request.

(3)  Any such request is to be given before noon on the day of nomination to:

(a)  in the case of a periodic Council election—the Electoral Commissioner, or

(b)  in the case of an election of a Member of the Assembly for an electoral district—the returning officer for the district or the Electoral Commissioner.

(4)  If:

(a)  any such request has been made in respect of candidates in a periodic Council election, and

(b)  the candidates have duly requested under section 81C (1A) a group voting square for the purposes of the election,

      the request may include a further request that the name of the registered party that endorsed the candidates, or a composite name formed from the registered parties that endorsed the candidates, be printed on the ballot papers adjacent to the candidates’ group voting square.

(5)  A reference in this section to a registered name or abbreviation is a reference to a name or abbreviation entered in the Register of Parties under Part 4A.