Joint Branch Board Election
Due to retiral a vacancy exists for a Member of the Inspecting Ranks within the Headquarters & Inverness Electoral Area.
Nominations for this vacancy are sought with the date of election scheduled for Wednesday 9th April 2008. All voting will take place by means of secure electronic ballot on the web site of the Scottish Police Federation - Northern Branch.
The JBB Rules governing elections provide all nominations should have the approval of the candidate and must be signed by a Proposer and Seconder of the same rank, from the same electoral area, and reach the Presiding Officer not less than twenty-four days before the date set for the election. In this case by Monday 17th March 2008.
In the event of no candidate being received from any electoral area not less than twenty-four days before the date set for the election, a candidate from out with that electoral area may be nominated. In such an event the nomination must be approved by the candidate AND be proposed and seconded by a Member, of the same rank, within that electoral area. Such a nomination must reach the Presiding officer not less than seventeen days before the date set for the election. In this case by Monday 24th March 2008.
Any withdrawals of nominations require to be in writing and to be in the hands of the undersigned no later than Thursday 27th March 2008.
Claire Kerr
Presiding Officer
