# The Crofting Commission (Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2011, Regulation 13: Nomination of candidates


(1) Each candidate must be nominated by a separate completed nomination paper, in such form as the returning officer thinks fit, delivered at a place fixed for the purpose by the returning officer.
(2) A nomination paper is completed if it—
(a) states the candidate’s full name (the surname being placed first), date of birth and home address;
(b) states, in the case of a candidate who is qualified by virtue of regulation 9(1)(b)(ii), that the candidate consents to nomination;
(c) is signed and dated by the candidate and one witness or, in the case of a candidate who is qualified by virtue of regulation 9(1)(b)(ii), the elector nominating the candidate;
(d) states the full name and home address of the witness or, in the case of a candidate who is qualified by virtue of regulation 9(1)(b)(ii), the elector nominating the candidate;
(e) states, where the candidate is a crofter or owner-occupier crofter, the address of the croft or owner-occupied croft; and
(f) states the constituency to which the nomination paper relates.
(3) A person may not witness more than one nomination paper nor may an elector nominate more than one candidate.
(4) At an election each candidate may deliver to the returning officer, before the deadline for return of nomination papers, one candidate statement which, if it complies with paragraph (5), must be sent by the returning officer to each elector with the ballot paper issued in accordance with regulation 28.
(5) A candidate statement complies with this paragraph if it—
(a) does not exceed 250 words;
(b) contains matters relating to the election only; and
(c) does not appear to the returning officer to be defamatory or otherwise unlawful.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2011/9780111015322/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-crofting-commission-elections-scotland-regulations-2011/regulation-13
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