Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 30

             (1)  The Commission shall, for the purposes of each election, appoint an Australian Electoral Officer for the Australian Capital Territory and such an appointment shall terminate upon the completion of the election.

             (2)  The Commission may appoint a person to act as Australian Electoral Officer for the Australian Capital Territory during any period, or during all periods, when the Australian Electoral Officer for the Territory is absent from duty or from Australia or is, for any other reason, unable to perform the functions of the office.

             (3)  The appointment of a person to act as Australian Electoral Officer for the Australian Capital Territory ceases to have effect if the person delivers to the Commission a signed notice of resignation.

             (4)  A person acting as Australian Electoral Officer for the Australian Capital Territory has, and may exercise, all the powers and shall perform all the functions of the Australian Electoral Officer for the Territory.

             (5)  The validity of anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act under subsection (1) shall not be called in question on the ground that the occasion for the appointment had not arisen, that there is a defect or irregularity in or in connection with the appointment, that the appointment had ceased to have effect or that the occasion for the person to act had not arisen or had passed.