Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts16. Presiding officers and mobile team leaders
(1) The Divisional Returning Officer for the division for which he or she is appointed must -
(a) appoint a presiding officer to preside at each polling place and, if necessary, a deputy presiding officer;
(b) if the use of mobile polling teams has been authorised under section 14, appoint a mobile polling team leader for each mobile polling team who is to have all the functions, powers and duties of a presiding officer;
(c) appoint assistant officers for a polling place or, if the use of mobile polling teams has been authorised under section 14, to be members of a mobile polling team; and
(d) make all other arrangements that are necessary for taking the poll.
(2) A presiding officer may appoint a person to act as an assistant officer on polling day if it is necessary, in his or her opinion, for the conduct of polling at the polling place to which the presiding officer is appointed.
(3) A presiding officer may appoint an officer to perform the presiding officer's duties during his or her temporary absence and the officer may, while acting, exercise all the powers of the presiding officer, and is, in the exercise of those powers, to be taken to be the presiding officer.
(4) An assistant officer may, subject to the direction of the presiding officer, exercise all or any of the powers of the presiding officer and is, in respect of the exercise of those powers, to be taken to be the presiding officer.