Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 19

             (1)  There shall be a Deputy Electoral Commissioner.

             (2)  The Deputy Electoral Commissioner shall perform such duties as the Electoral Commissioner directs.

             (3)  Subject to subsection (4), the Deputy Electoral Commissioner shall act as the Electoral Commissioner:

                     (a)  during a vacancy in the office of the Electoral Commissioner, whether or not an appointment has previously been made to the office; or

                     (b)  during any period, or during all periods, when the Electoral Commissioner is absent from duty or from Australia or is, for any other reason, unable to perform the functions of the office.

             (4)  The Deputy Electoral Commissioner shall not act as the Electoral Commissioner during a vacancy in the office of Electoral Commissioner while a person appointed under section 26 is acting in that office.

             (5)  A person acting as the Electoral Commissioner has, and may exercise, all the powers and shall perform all the functions of the Electoral Commissioner.