New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY BY-LAW 1999 - REG 16

16 Returning officer

(1) The Secretary is the returning officer for all elections.

(1A) The returning officer is to take all reasonable steps to ensure the fairness and integrity of the election process.

(2) Subject to the Act and this By-law, the returning officer’s decision is final in connection with any matter affecting the conduct of an election including, without limitation, eligibility of candidates and the results of any election.

(3) The returning officer may authorise another person to exercise any function of the returning officer under this By-law. Any function exercised by that authorised person is taken to have been exercised by the returning officer.