Queensland Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTORAL ACT 2011 - SECT 11

11 Presiding officers

(1) A presiding officer at a polling booth is responsible for the proper conduct of a poll at the polling booth and for carrying out the other duties for an election that are required by the returning officer.

(2) The returning officer—

(a) may be presiding officer at a polling booth; and

(b) must appoint a person as presiding officer at each polling booth other than the booth at which the returning officer is the presiding officer.

(3) If a person can not act as presiding officer at a polling booth, the returning officer, or someone else with the returning officer’s approval, may appoint another person as presiding officer at the booth while the person can not act.

(4) An appointment under subsection (2) or (3) must be in the approved form.