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Rh ::::(A) the date a declaration is made by the candidate under subsection (2) before nomination day at that early initial election; or
 * (B) the day which is 2 clear days before nomination day at that early initial election if no declaration mentioned in sub-paragraph (A) is earlier made,
 * even though this section may not have been in force during any part of the period; or
 * (ii) the period of 12 months preceding—
 * (A) the date a declaration is made by the candidate under subsection (2) before nomination day at that early initial election; or
 * (B) the day which is 2 clear days before nomination day at that early initial election if no declaration mentioned in sub-paragraph (A) is earlier made;
 * (b) for a candidate at an election other than an election in paragraph (a), the pre-election period of the election;
 * (c) for an election agent of a candidate at an election, the period starting on the day the person becomes an election agent of the candidate (being after the appointed day), and ending on (and including) the 31st day after the results of that election are published; or
 * (d) for any other politically significant person—
 * (i) the period starting on the appointed day and ending on (and including) 31 December of the same year that appointed day falls, unless paragraph (b) applies; or
 * (ii) the period starting on the day the person becomes a politically significant person