(1) The Electoral
Commissioner may, by written notice, delegate a function of the Electoral
Commissioner under this Act, other than the power to delegate a function, to
an officer.
(1A) The Electoral
Commissioner may, by written notice, delegate a function of the Electoral
Commissioner under another written law to the Deputy Electoral Commissioner.
(1B) A delegation
under subsection (1) or (1A) may be general or limited in accordance with the
written notice.
(2) Nothing in this
section is to be read as limiting the ability of the Electoral Commissioner to
act through officers in the normal course of operations.
[Section 5G inserted: No. 40 of 1987 s. 20;
amended: No. 36 of 2000 s. 73; No. 30 of 2023 s. 9.]