New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORATES AND ELECTIONS ACT 1912 - SECT 21A

21A New South Wales Electoral Commission

(1) There is constituted by this Act a corporation with the corporate name of the New South Wales Electoral Commission.

(2) The Commission has the functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act.

(3) The functions of the Commission are exercisable by the Electoral Commissioner, and any act, matter or thing done in the name of, or on behalf of, the Commission by the Electoral Commissioner, or with the authority of the Electoral Commissioner, is taken to have been done by the Commission.

(4) Any functions conferred or imposed on the Electoral Commissioner by or under this or any other Act may be exercised by the Electoral Commissioner in his or her official name as Electoral Commissioner or in the name of the Commission.

(5) The Commission cannot employ any staff.

Note: Staff may be employed under Chapter 1A of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 in the Government Service to enable the Commission to exercise its functions.