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8.-(1) Lists of candidates wishing to receive grants pursuant to section 3 shall submit an application for a grant to the regional council, which shall decide whether the conditions for allocating such a grant are fulfilled.
(2) The application for a grant shall be submitted for each calendar year for which a grant is requested, and before the end of that calendar year. If according to section 44(1) of the Local Government Elections Act a report has been filed in identification of the association or voters in the region being entitled to apply for and receive grants on behalf of the list of candidates, the application shall be signed by a representative of the specified association or by one of the specified voters. In the absence of such a report, for lists of candidates for a party entitled to stand in the general election as at August 1st in the most recent regional election year, an application shall be signed by a representative of the appropriate party organisation. Applications for other lists of candidates, which did not file such a report, shall be signed by the person specified in section 25(3) of the Local Government Elections Act or by such other person who is entitled to act as a representative of the list of candidates.
(3) If, according to section 44(1) of the Local Government Elections Act a report has been filed in identification of the association or voters in the region being entitled to apply for and receive grants on behalf of the list of candidates, the grant amount shall be paid into the account of a bank in accordance with information stated in connection with the application by the specified association or by the person who, in compliance with the second sentence of subsection (2)(ii), signed the application. In the absence of such a report, the grant amount shall be paid into an account of a bank in accordance with information stated in connection with the application by the party organisation representing a list of candidates of a party being entitled to stand in the general election as at August 1st in the most recent regional election year. For other lists of candidates which did not file such a report the grant amounts shall be paid into an account of a bank in accordance with information stated in connection with the application by a person who in compliance with the fourth sentence of subsection (2)(iv) signed the application.