Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 6

             (1)  The Electoral Commission may, for the purposes of a referendum, appoint a person to be an Assistant Returning Officer:

                     (a)  for a portion of a Division; or

                     (b)  at a place outside Australia;

and any such appointment shall terminate upon completion of the referendum.

             (2)  A person appointed under subsection (1) to be an Assistant Returning Officer for a portion of a Division may, subject to the control of the relevant Divisional Returning Officer, perform the functions and exercise the powers of the Divisional Returning Officer (other than those relating to postal voting) in, or in relation to, that portion of the Division.

             (3)  A person appointed under subsection (1) to be an Assistant Returning Officer at a place outside Australia may, subject to the control of the Electoral Commissioner, perform such functions and exercise such powers as are conferred on the person by this Act.

             (4)  An Assistant Divisional Returning Officer for a Subdivision may, subject to the directions of the Divisional Returning Officer for the Division in which the Subdivision is situated, perform the functions and exercise the powers of the Divisional Returning Officer in relation to that Subdivision.