Overview of the Structure Part 5: Standing for Election
21.Part 5 reduces the minimum age for candidacy for election to Parliament, and to other specified elected bodies, from 21 to 18.
22.It specifies new requirements as to the immigration status, which Commonwealth citizens must have in order to qualify to stand for election.
23.It makes changes to the nomination procedures, including:
	giving returning officers a specified period for determining the validity of nomination papers and publishing the statements of nominated candidates;
	introducing new means of paying the deposit required to stand as a candidate, enabling credit and debit cards to be used; and
	conferring a power on the returning officer to make correction to minor errors in nomination papers.