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We have taken evidence from schemes elsewhere that shows that that is quite a tight timescale, particularly for people affected who may be living abroad and may be unaware of the scheme.
Regulation 16 says that candidates may stand in only one constituency. The regulations also require candidates to submit a couple of hundred words of a statement, to which they may be held accountable by their electorates later.