sec.67Resignation of particular office holders on becoming candidates

### sec.67 Resignation of particular office holders on becoming candidates A person who holds any of the following offices, or who is a deputy of anyone holding any of the following offices, must resign office immediately on the person being nominated under the Electoral Act 1992 , section 88 , as a candidate for election— human rights commissioner under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 ; auditor-general; commissioner of the Crime and Corruption Commission; the Clerk; commissioner of the police service; Crown solicitor; director of public prosecutions; electoral commissioner; the health ombudsman under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 ; information commissioner; inspector of detention services; integrity commissioner; ombudsman; parliamentary counsel; the public sector commissioner under the Public Sector Act 2022 ; a commissioner of the Public Service Commission; public trustee; solicitor-general. An office holder who fails to comply with subsection (1) is taken to resign office on becoming a candidate under the Electoral Act 1992 , section 93 (3) , despite any other law. For subsection (1) , a person is not a deputy of anyone holding an office only because the person is temporarily acting in the office of deputy. s 67 amd 2004 No. 13 s 102 sch 2 pt 2 ; 2006 No. 25 s 241 (1) sch 3 ; 2008 No. 38 s 252 sch 3 ; 2013 No. 36 s 331 sch 1 ; 2014 No. 21 s 94 (2) sch 2 ; 2014 No. 28 s 105 sch 1 ; 2019 No. 5 s 159 ; 2022 No. 18 s 102 ; 2022 No. 34 s 365 sch 3 ; 2023 No. 31 s 14 sch 1 (sec.67-ssec.1) A person who holds any of the following offices, or who is a deputy of anyone holding any of the following offices, must resign office immediately on the person being nominated under the Electoral Act 1992 , section 88 , as a candidate for election— human rights commissioner under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 ; auditor-general; commissioner of the Crime and Corruption Commission; the Clerk; commissioner of the police service; Crown solicitor; director of public prosecutions; electoral commissioner; the health ombudsman under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 ; information commissioner; inspector of detention services; integrity commissioner; ombudsman; parliamentary counsel; the public sector commissioner under the Public Sector Act 2022 ; a commissioner of the Public Service Commission; public trustee; solicitor-general. (sec.67-ssec.2) An office holder who fails to comply with subsection (1) is taken to resign office on becoming a candidate under the Electoral Act 1992 , section 93 (3) , despite any other law. (sec.67-ssec.3) For subsection (1) , a person is not a deputy of anyone holding an office only because the person is temporarily acting in the office of deputy. - (a) human rights commissioner under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 ; - (b) auditor-general; - (c) commissioner of the Crime and Corruption Commission; - (d) the Clerk; - (f) commissioner of the police service; - (g) Crown solicitor; - (h) director of public prosecutions; - (i) electoral commissioner; - (j) the health ombudsman under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 ; - (k) information commissioner; - (l) inspector of detention services; - (m) integrity commissioner; - (n) ombudsman; - (o) parliamentary counsel; - (p) the public sector commissioner under the Public Sector Act 2022 ; - (q) a commissioner of the Public Service Commission; - (r) public trustee; - (s) solicitor-general.