19AEO for the Australian Capital Territory

19  AEO for the Australian Capital Territory

 (1) The Electoral Commissioner must, for the purposes of the election for the *Australian Capital Territory, appoint an AEO for the Australian Capital Territory. The appointment is to terminate upon the completion of the election.

 (2) The Electoral Commissioner may appoint a person to act as AEO for the *Australian Capital Territory during any period, or during all periods, when the AEO for the Territory is absent from duty or from Australia or is, for any other reason, unable to perform the functions of the Office.

 (3) The appointment of a person to act as AEO for the *Australian Capital Territory ceases to have effect if the person delivers to the Electoral Commissioner a signed notice of resignation.

 (4) A person acting as AEO for the *Australian Capital Territory has, and may exercise, all the powers and must perform all the functions of the AEO for the Territory.

 (5) The validity of anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act under subsection (2) cannot be called into question on the ground that the occasion for the appointment had not arisen, that there is a defect or irregularity in or in connection with the appointment, that the appointment had ceased to have effect or that the occasion for the person to act had not arisen or had passed.