Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 247

             (1)  There shall be an Antarctic Returning Officer, and an Assistant Antarctic Returning Officer, for each station.

             (2)  Antarctic Returning Officers and Assistant Antarctic Returning Officers shall be appointed by the Electoral Commission by instrument in writing.

             (3)  The person in charge of a station shall not be appointed to be the Antarctic Returning Officer, or Assistant Antarctic Returning Officer, for that station.

             (4)  The person in charge of a station may, by instrument in writing, appoint a person (including the Assistant Antarctic Returning Officer) to act as the Antarctic Returning Officer for the station during any period, or during all periods, when the Antarctic Returning Officer for the station is absent from duty at the station, is absent from Antarctica, or is for any other reason unable to perform the functions of the office.

             (5)  The person in charge of a station may, by instrument in writing, appoint a person to act as the Assistant Antarctic Returning Officer for the station during any period, or during all periods, when the Assistant Antarctic Returning Officer for the station is acting as Antarctic Returning Officer for the station, is absent from duty at the station, is absent from Antarctica, or is for any other reason unable to perform the functions of the office.

             (6)  A person acting as Antarctic Returning Officer or Assistant Antarctic Returning Officer for a station has and may exercise all the powers, and shall perform all the functions, of the Antarctic Returning Officer, or the Assistant Antarctic Returning Officer, for the station, as the case requires.