5.—(1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, rules may be made by the appropriate rule-making body mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) as respects—
(a)the conduct of elections to a specified body, and
(b)the circumstances and manner in which casual vacancies thereon are to be filled, whether the vacancy occurs as a result of the death or resignation of a person or in consequence of any provision of these Regulations.
(2) The appropriate rule-making body shall be—
(a)in relation to a branch board, that board;
(b)in relation to the election of male delegates to a central conference by a particular branch board and to casual vacancies among those delegates, that board;
(c)in relation to the election of female delegates to a central conference and casual vacancies among those delegates, the joint central committee;
(d)in relation to the conferences arrangements committee, the joint central conference;
(e)in relation to the election of members of a central committee by a central conference and casual vacancies among those members, that central conference.