How is the newly formed party treated for the purposes of disqualification under paragraph 2?
The newly formed party is treated as the original political party for the purposes of disqualification under paragraph 2. If a member's original political party merges with another party, and they claim to have become members of that other party or a new party formed by the merger, then the newly formed party shall be deemed to be the political party to which the member belongs for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 and to be his original political party for the purposes of this sub-paragraph.