(1)  As soon as practicable after receiving a nomination, the Commissioner or the returning officer is to endorse the nomination form as accepted if he or she is satisfied that –

(a) the nomination is in accordance with section 77 ; and

(b) the person being nominated is not known by the Commissioner or the returning officer to be ineligible under section 76 to be nominated.

(2)  The acceptance of a nomination by the Commissioner or the returning officer is conclusive evidence that –

(a) if the nomination was lodged under section 77(2) , at least 10 of the nominators were nominators eligible under section 77(2)(c) ; or

(b) if the nomination was lodged under section 77(3) or (5) , the nominator was the registered officer of the relevant registered party; or

(c) if the nomination was lodged under section 77(4) , at least 100 of the nominators were nominators eligible under section 77(4)(c) .