# The Teaching Council (Scotland) Election Scheme 1989 Approval Order 1989, Paragraph 7: Nomination


(1) Each candidate for election shall be nominated on a separate nomination paper signed by a proposer and seconder being teachers in the candidate’s category of employment and supported by five others in the same category at the date of signature.
(2) (a) Each nomination paper shall be in the form as nearly as may be of Form B in the Appendix to this Scheme and shall state only the name and private address of the nominated candidate, the educational establishment in which the candidate is employed and the category of employment, and also the names and registration numbers of the proposer, seconder and the five other supporters.
(b) The nomination paper shall also be signed by the nominee to signify willingness to be nominated and to confirm that the candidate is employed both in the educational establishment and in the category of employment specified in the nomination paper and that the other particulars so specified are correct.
(c) The nomination paper may be accompanied by further information provided by the candidate for circulation with the ballot papers in accordance with article 9(6) below.
(d) Such further information shall be provided in the form as nearly as may be of Form C in the Appendix to this scheme, and the said further information insofar as it consists of a personal statement by the candidate shall not exceed 100 words in length, its subject matter being directly relevant to the candidate’s candidature.
(3) Any person having the requisite qualifications for nominating or supporting a candidate may nominate or support any number of candidates not exceeding the number to be elected.
(4) (a) Every nomination paper shall, by twelve noon on the last day fixed under article 7 above for receipt of nomination papers, be delivered whether by post or otherwise to the Returning Officer, the General Teaching Council for Scotland, 5 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5AF, or such other address as may be fixed by the Council.
(b) Every nomination paper in respect of which any requirement of this Scheme has not been complied with, or which is not received by the Returning Officer by twelve noon of the last day fixed for the receipt of nomination papers, shall be null and void:
provided that no misnomer or inaccurate or incomplete description of any person or place named in any nomination paper shall invalidate that paper if, in the opinion of the Returning Officer, the description of the person or place is such as to be commonly understood.
(5) The Returning Officer shall, within three days after the last day fixed under article 7 above for the receipt of nomination papers, send a list of the nominated candidates in each category to the candidates in that category and any candidate may within seven days of the dispatch of such list intimate to the Returning Officer in writing that the candidate does not wish to stand for the election and that the nomination is to be withdrawn and any such intimation to the Returning Officer shall be final.
(6) If a candidate validly nominated changes category of employment or dies at or before the last time fixed for the sending in of nomination papers or after that time but before the poll the nomination shall be treated as having been withdrawn.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2308/schedule/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teaching-council-scotland-election-scheme-1989-approval-order-1989/schedule/paragraph-7
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