Electoral Management Design Database

Niue, Niue Assembly Act 1966, accessed 10 June 2020

3. Chief Electoral Officer

(1) The Niue Public Service Commission shall appoint –

(a) A Chief Electoral Officer, who shall have and exercise the powers and duties conferred on him by this Act; and

(b) A Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, to act in the case of the illness, absence, death, or removal of the Chief Electoral Officer.

(2) Every Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, while so acting, shall exercise the duties and shall have the powers and authorities of the Chief Electoral Officer and the fact that he so acts shall be sufficient evidence of his authority to do so.

4. Electoral Officers

(1) The Niue Public Service Commission shall appoint –

(a) A Registrar for each electoral roll, who shall be in charge of the roll in respect of which he is appointed;

(b) A Returning Officer for each constituency, who shall be in charge of the election in the constituency for which he is appointed;

(c) Such clerks and other officers as, in the opinion of the Cabinet, are required to implement this Act;

(d) A substitute for any officer appointed under this section to act in the case of the illness, absence, death, or removal of that officer.

The substitute, while so acting, shall exercise the duties and have the powers and authorities of the officer for whom he is acting, and the fact that any substitute so acts shall be sufficient evidence of his authority to do so.

(2) Any reference in this Act to one of the officers appointed under this section shall be deemed to include any substitute appointed for that officer.

(3) Every person appointed as aforesaid shall exercise his duties and functions subject to the control of the Chief Electoral Officer, and shall comply with any directions received from him.