Part 5: Disqualification of offenders for holding elective office etc Section 32: Candidates etc.
Section 32 describes the first category of persons referred to in section 30, hostility against whom on the part of an offender may result in the making of a disqualification order under that section. Subsection (1) provides that this category includes:
candidates or future candidates in respect of elections for a relevant elective office or a relevant Scottish elective office;
substitutes or nominees in relation to the seats of a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly or a member of a district council in Northern Ireland.
	Subsection (2) provides that "candidate" in subsection (1) includes individuals named on a list of candidates for those elections where winning candidates are selected from submitted lists (for example, elections to the Scottish Parliament or the London Assembly).
	Subsection (3) defines "future candidate" for the purposes of this section as an individual whose intention to stand as a candidate at the next scheduled election for a relevant elective office or a relevant Scottish elective office has been declared, but whose formal candidacy has not yet officially begun.
	Subsection (4) defines "substitute" for the purposes of this section as an individual who is included (or is being considered for inclusion) on a list or notice of possible substitutes provided by an independent member of the Northern Ireland Assembly or of a district council in Northern Ireland. When the office of such an independent member becomes vacant, an individual is chosen from that list or notice to fill the vacancy.
	Subsection (5) defines "nominee" for the purposes of this section as an individual who has been nominated (or is being considered for nomination) by the nominating officer of a registered political party to fill a vacancy in the office of a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly or of a district council in Northern Ireland where that member was a member of the registered political party. The term "nominee" also includes an individual who is being considered for such a nomination by a nominating officer. Subsection (6) provides that where a member of a district council was a member of more than one registered political party, the references to the nominating officer in subsection (5)(b) are to be read as references to the nomination officers of each of the registered political parties concerned.
	Subsection (7) defines other terms used in the section.