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"DECLARED PERSON OR BODY" - a person or body is a declared person or body of the Union or a Branch of the Union for the purpose of rule 24D (and 50D) if: (i) an officer of the Union or the Branch (as the case may be) has disclosed a material personal interest under rule 24C/50C; and (ii) the interest relates to, or is in, the person or body; and (iii) the officer has not notified the Union or the. [...] "RULES OF THE UNION" means all of the Rules of the Union as read and construed in totality while "NATIONAL RULES" shall refer to these rules, "BRANCH RULES" shall refer to the Rules of any Branch of the Union established under the Rules of the Union, "DIVISIONAL RULES" shall refer to the Rules of any Division established in accordance with the Rules of the union, and "DIVISIONAL BRANCH RULES" or ". [...] 7 - MEMBERSHIP (i) A candidate for membership of the Union may make application to the National Secretary, the Division covering the occupation or industry in which the person is employed, the Branch covering the area in which the person is employed or resides, or the Divisional Branch covering the industry or occupation in which the person is employed, usually employed or desirous of being employ. [...] A member shall be deemed to be attached to the new Divisional Branch as from the date of the receipt of the clearance by the Divisional Branch Secretary of such Divisional Branch, or where the Divisional Branch rules so provide, by the secretary of the Divisional Sub-Branch or Divisional District, and the member's length of membership of the new Divisional Branch shall be the length of the latest. [...] The method of such election or appointment shall be the same, the necessary changes being made, as the method of election or appointment (as the case may be) of the Divisional Branch Secretary of the Divisional Branch from which the vacancy is to be filled in accordance with the rules of the Divisional Branch.