Replacement of returning officer after issue of writ
14 Replacement of returning officer after issue of writ
If the returning officer for the whole of State electorate dies, resigns, leaves, or is removed, after the issue of a writ for a Council election, the Electoral Commissioner may appoint another person to replace the returning officer and perform the returning officer’s functions in relation to the writ and the election so far as they have yet to be completed.
If the returning officer for a district dies, resigns, leaves, or is removed, after the issue of a writ for a Council election, the Electoral Commissioner may appoint another person to replace the returning officer and perform the returning officer’s functions in relation to the election so far as they have yet to be completed.
If the returning officer for a district dies, resigns, leaves, or is removed, after the issue of a writ for an election for that district, the Electoral Commissioner may appoint another person to replace the returning officer and perform the returning officer’s functions in relation to the writ and the election so far as they have yet to be completed.
[Section 14 inserted: No. 20 of 2021 s. 13.]
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