UK and Jersey - Party Registration

Regarding my previous post, I notice in fact that the UK has a six-word limit, and also requires the name to be in English, Welsh or Irish, with the requirement that names in Welsh and Irish have a translation which is also taken as a registered party name. So I was mistaken about that! A pity though that the Jersey law did not include any information about Jerriais, or translations as part of the name. Obviously not drafted by a Jersey-born person!

Some interesting differences between the UK and Jersey law - these are from the UK law:

The party address will be made public on the Commission's register of parties but other contact details will not.

I can't find this in the Jersey law!


2.3 Important: these controls apply only to the description used by candidates on ballot papers. The Commission does not regulate the descriptions used by candidates on their election material and advertising. A candidate could therefore stand as an 'Independent' while describing themselves in their election material as the 'candidate against closures', or stating that they represent the 'Quite Small Party'. The controls also do not apply to descriptions used by officials once elected. So, a number of councillors who were all elected under the description 'Independent' could call themselves the 'Imaginary Party group' in the council.

Nothing like this in the Jersey details, although it is common sense.

A registered party is allowed to register up to three emblems for use next to its candidates' names on a ballot paper (although it does not have to register any emblems at all).

Jersey restricts to one emblem!

On the constitution, unlike Jersey, no requiements:

3.39 There are no requirements about what a party's constitution should include. However, applicants may wish to include details of:
. the structure of the party (e.g. branches of the party, the party headquarters, organisations affiliated to the party)
. how the party is run (e.g. frequency of meetings, decision-making, appointment of officers)
. what officers the party has and what their responsibilities are
. membership requirements
. the party's aims and objectives


Unlike Jersey, The Commission will not retain the party constitution, once the party has been registered.

3.40 The Commission will not review a party's constitution except to crossreference the structure of the party with the financial arrangements outlined in the party's financial scheme. The Commission will not retain the party constitution, once the party has been registered.