8. Form and details of information
(1) A nomination of a person as a candidate for election for appointment to an office ¾
(a) shall be in writing;
(b) shall contain a statement signed by the candidate that he is willing to accept and act in the office to which he is elected;
(c) shall be signed by two members of the Union; and
(d) where nominations are called for the office of member and the office of deputy member nominations for each office shall be made separately.
(2) Where the Chief Electoral Officer receives a nomination that does not conform to subregulation (1) he shall notify the candidate of that fact as soon as possible.
(3) A person whose nomination does not conform to subregulation (1) is not eligible to be a candidate in an election.
(4) A person who is nominated as a candidate in an election may, at any time before the day fixed as the date for the close of nomination, by notice in writing addressed to the Chief Electoral Officer, withdraw his consent to his nomination as a candidate in the election and where he does so he is deemed not to have nominated in the election.