(1)  If at any time a person who holds office as a returning officer or an election official becomes an intending candidate or is nominated as a candidate, that person, by operation of this section, ceases to hold that office, unless he or she is a person to whom section 2(1) of the Constitution (State Employees) Act 1944 applies.

(2)  A person who becomes an intending candidate or who has nominated as a candidate is not eligible for appointment as a returning officer or an election official unless the election for which the person became an intending candidate or was nominated has been held and he or she was not returned as a Member at that election.