Regulation Adapting the Canada Elections Act for the Purposes of a Referendum — 22
Referendum officers 22 (1) The following persons are referendum officers: (a) returning officers appointed under subsection 24(1) of the Canada Elections Act ; (b) assistant returning officers appointed under subsection 26(1) or 28(5) and additional assistant returning officers appointed under subsection 30(1) of the Canada Elections Act ; (c) persons authorized by a returning officer under section 27 to perform duties under this Act and the Referendum Act ; (c.1) persons designated pursuant to subsection 28(3.1); (d) revising agents appointed under paragraph 32(a); (e) deputy returning officers appointed under subsection 9.1(1) of the Referendum Act and referred to in paragraphs 32(b) and (c) and subsection 273(1) of this Act; (f) poll clerks appointed under subsection 9.1(2) of the Referendum Act and referred to in paragraphs 32(b) and (c) and subsection 273(1) of this Act; (g) registration officers appointed under paragraph 32(d); (h) information officers appointed under paragraph 124(1)(a); (i) persons responsible for maintaining order at a central polling place appointed under paragraph 124(1)(b); (j) central poll supervisors appointed under subsection 124(2); (k) persons appointed under subsection 290(2) to collect ballot boxes; (l) the special voting rules administrator appointed under section 181 of the Canada Elections Act ; (m) special ballot officers appointed under subsection 183(1) or section 184; (n) liaison officers for correctional institutions appointed under subsection 248(1); and (o) deputy returning officers and poll clerks for correctional institutions appointed under subsection 253(1). Referendum officers — exclusions (2) For greater certainty, an agent of a registered referendum committee or a witness who is present at a polling station is not a referendum officer. Who shall not be appointed referendum officers (3) The following persons shall not be appointed as a referendum officer: (a) a minister of the Crown or a member of the executive council of a province; (b) a member of the Senate or the House of Commons; (c) a member of the legislature of a province, the Council of the Northwest Territories or the Legislative Assembly of Yukon or Nunavut; (d) a judge or deputy judge of any superior court or any bankruptcy or insolvency court and, in Yukon and the Northwest Territories, a judge of the Supreme Court; (d.1) a person who was a candidate at the last general election or at a by-election held since the last general election; (e) a person who has served in Parliament in the session immediately before the referendum or in the session in progress at the time of the referendum; and (f) a person who, within seven years before the proposed appointment, has been found guilty of any offence under the Canada Elections Act , the Referendum Act or any Act of the legislature of a province relating to provincial, municipal or school board elections. Qualifications (4) A referendum officer must be qualified as an elector and a referendum officer referred to in any of paragraphs (1)(a), (b), (d) to (g) and (j) must reside in the electoral district in which he or she is to perform duties under this Act and the Referendum Act . Exception (5) In the case of an appointment that is to be made by a returning officer, if he or she is unable to appoint a referendum officer who meets the requirements set out in subsection (4), he or she may, with the approval of the Chief Electoral Officer, appoint (a) a Canadian citizen who is 16 years of age or older and who resides in the electoral district; or (b) a person who is qualified as an elector but does not live in the electoral district. Prohibition — acting as referendum officer (6) No person shall act as a referendum officer knowing that they do not meet the requirements for a referendum officer set out in this section.