Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) An officer to whom this subsection applies shall not begin the performance of his or her duties in relation to an election unless the officer has signed an undertaking in the approved form relating to that election.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to the following officers:
(a) a Divisional Returning Officer;
(b) an Assistant Returning Officer;
(c) an Assistant Divisional Returning Officer;
(d) a presiding officer;
(e) a deputy presiding officer;
(f) an assistant presiding officer;
(g) a substitute presiding officer;
(m) a mobile polling team leader;
(n) a mobile polling team member;
(o) a pre - poll voting officer.
(3) A scrutineer shall not begin the performance of his or her duties unless the scrutineer has signed an undertaking in the approved form.
(4) A person employed by the Electoral Commission to perform duties in connection with the conduct of an election or a referendum held on the same day as an election, shall not begin the performance of his or her duties unless the person has signed an undertaking in the approved form.
(5) The failure of a person to sign an undertaking is not a ground for setting aside the result of an election or referendum.