Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 5

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

             (2)  The Electoral 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 Australian Capital 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 Electoral 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 is to perform all the functions, of the Australian Electoral Officer for the Australian Capital Territory.

             (5)  The validity of anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act under subsection (1) must not be called in question merely because:

                     (a)  the occasion for the appointment had not arisen; or

                     (b)  there is a defect or irregularity in or in connection with the appointment; or

                     (c)  the appointment had ceased to have effect; or

                     (d)  the occasion for the person to act had not arisen or had passed.