Returning officer and deputy returning officer
10 Returning officer and deputy returning officer
The
Electoral Commissioner will be the returning officer for each area.
The
Electoral Commissioner may appoint one or more deputy returning officers for an area.
No member of a council is eligible for appointment as a deputy returning officer for that council and no deputy returning officer for a council is eligible to stand for election as a member of that council.
The returning officer will be taken to have delegated to a deputy returning officer all of the returning officer's powers and functions under this Act in respect of the area for which the deputy returning officer has been appointed.
A delegation under subsection (5)—
is subject to the condition that the deputy returning officer will act in accordance with the directions of the returning officer, and to other conditions and limitations determined by the returning officer; and
subject to a direction of the returning officer—may be the subject of one or more subdelegations; and
does not prevent the returning officer from acting in a matter.
The
Electoral Commissioner may establish or specify courses of training to be undertaken by persons nominated or appointed as deputy returning officers under this section.
The
Electoral Commissioner may remove a person from the position of deputy returning officer for any reasonable cause.
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