New Zealand Legislation: Acts

24 Employees appointed by Chief Electoral Officer

• (1) The Chief Electoral Officer, with the approval of the Chief Executive of New Zealand Post Limited, may from time to time appoint any employee of that company to be a Returning Officer or a substitute for a Returning Officer.

  (2) Every substitute while acting for any Returning Officer shall have all the powers, duties, and functions of that Returning Officer.

  (3) Nothing in the State Sector Act 1988 shall apply to any person appointed under this section.

  Compare: 1956 No 107 s 8; 1975 No 28 s 3(4)(b); 1986 No 124 s 32(1)