ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 22
Terms and conditions of appointment etc.
ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 22
Terms and conditions of appointment etc.
22 Terms and conditions of appointment etc.
(1) A senior electoral officer is to be appointed by the Governor in Council.
(2) A person may be appointed as a senior electoral officer only if—
(a)
press advertisements have been placed nationally calling for applications from
suitably qualified persons to be considered for appointment; and
(b) the
Minister has consulted—
(i) with each member of the Legislative Assembly
recognised as the leader of a political party represented in the Assembly
about the proposed appointment; and
(ii) with the parliamentary committee
about—
(A) the process of selection for appointment; and
(B) the
appointment of the person as the senior electoral officer.
(3) Subsection (2)
(a) and (b) (i) does not apply to the reappointment of a person as senior
electoral officer.
(4) A person who is a member of a political party is not
to be appointed as a senior electoral officer.
(5) A senior electoral officer
holds office, subject to this part, for such term (not longer than 7 years) as
is specified in the senior electoral officer’s instrument of appointment.
(6) A senior electoral officer is to be appointed under this Act, and not
under the Public Sector Act 2022.
(7) If an officer of the public service is
appointed as a senior electoral officer, the person retains and is entitled to
all rights that have accrued to the person because of employment as an officer
of the public service, or that would accrue in the future because of that
employment, as if service as a senior electoral officer were a continuation of
service as an officer of the public service.
(8) A senior electoral officer
holds office on such terms, relating to remuneration and other matters not
provided for by this Act, as are determined by the Governor in Council.