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Electoral Act 1993

Officers

26: Returning Officer to make declaration

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"The person in charge of elections must promise to follow the rules before starting work"

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When you become a Returning Officer, you must make a declaration before you start your job. You have to say that you will follow what is said in section 203. Your declaration must be in a form that the Electoral Commission has approved and it must be witnessed in the way the form says.

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Part 2Officers

26Returning Officer to make declaration

  1. Every Returning Officer must, before entering into the duties of office, declare that he or she will comply with section 203.

  2. The declaration must—

  3. be in a form that the Electoral Commission has approved; and
    1. be witnessed as specified in the form.

      Notes
      • Section 26: replaced, on , by section 8 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).