Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts16. Section 97 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:
“(1) For the purposes of Part IX or X, a deputy registered officer of a party may be appointed—
(a) except where paragraph (b) applies—by the registered officer of the party; or
(b) where the office of registered officer of the party becomes vacant or the registered officer is otherwise unable to carry out his or her duties—by the secretary of the party;
by giving the Commissioner written notice, signed by the person making the appointment and the proposed deputy, specifying the name and address of the deputy.
“(1A) A person is not entitled to become, or to continue to be, a deputy registered officer of a party unless the person is or continues to be, as the case may be, qualified to be an elector.”.