Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The research body must appoint an individual with relevant expertise to be the returning officer.
(2) The returning officer must not be:
(a) an employee of the research body; or
(b) an entity, or an associate of an entity, who is entitled to vote in the poll.
(3) For paragraph ( 2) (b), an entity (the first entity ) is an associate of another entity (the second entity ) if the first entity is:
(a) a member of the second entity's family, if the second entity is an individual; or
(b) an employee of the second entity; or
(c) an entity connected with the second entity, or an associate of the second entity (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 ), if the second entity is a corporation; or
(d) a beneficiary under a trust administered by the second entity.
(4) The returning officer may appoint 1 or more assistant
returning officers to assist with counting the votes.