Electoral Act 1992

There may be a deputy electoral commissioner.

Subject to any directions by the commission, the deputy electoral commissioner is to perform such duties as the electoral commissioner directs.

The deputy electoral commissioner is to act as the electoral commissioner—

during vacancies in the office of the electoral commissioner; or

during periods when the electoral commissioner is absent from duty or Australia or is, for another reason, unable to perform the functions of the office.

While the deputy electoral commissioner is acting as electoral commissioner—

the deputy electoral commissioner has all the powers and functions of the electoral commissioner; and

this Act and other Acts apply to the deputy electoral commissioner as if the deputy electoral commissioner were the electoral commissioner.

Anything done by or in relation to the deputy electoral commissioner while the deputy electoral commissioner is purporting to act as electoral commissioner is not invalid merely because the occasion for the deputy electoral commissioner to act had not arisen or had ceased.