Acts and Regulations

2022-42 - Tariff of Fees

Section 3
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Fees for election officers
3(1)Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), the following are the fees applicable for the payment of returning officers and other persons employed at or with respect to an election:
(a) for a returning officer, for all services rendered and activities performed in connection with an election, the minimum wage plus $19 per hour;
(b) for an election clerk, for all services rendered and activities performed in connection with an election, the minimum wage plus $14 per hour;
(c) for a training officer, for all services rendered and activities performed in preparing for and conducting training sessions for election officers, the minimum wage plus $14 per hour;
(d) for a technical support officer, for all services rendered and activities performed in connection with an election, the minimum wage plus $8 per hour;
(e) for a casual employee employed in the office of a returning officer, including a special voting officer, a receptionist, a data entry worker and a revision officer, for all services rendered and activities performed, the minimum wage plus $6 per hour;
(f) for a poll supervisor, for all services rendered and activities performed on or in connection with an ordinary polling day or an advance polling day, the minimum wage plus $10 per hour; and
(g) for an election officer appointed as a poll official under subsection 61(1) of the Act, other than a poll supervisor, for all services rendered and activities performed on or in connection with an ordinary polling day or an advance polling day, the minimum wage plus $5 per hour.
3(2)If a person is appointed to fulfil the duties of more than one poll official on the same polling day, the person shall be paid for only one appointment, and if there is a different rate applicable to each appointment, the person shall be paid at the higher rate.
3(3)A returning officer is only eligible to receive payment under paragraph (1)(a) if the service was rendered or the activity was performed at the direction of the Chief Electoral Officer.
3(4)A person employed at or with respect to an election is only eligible to receive payment under paragraph (1)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g), as the case may be, if the service was rendered or the activity was performed at the direction of the Chief Electoral Officer or a returning officer.