Electoral Act 1993

• Jurisdiction: New Zealand
• Coming into Force: 09 December 2023
• Year: 1993
• Act Number: 87
• Record Number: DLM307518
• Type of Document: Act

Contenidos

• Electoral Act 1993
• Preamble
• Contents
• 1 Short Title
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Interpretation
• 3AA Transitional, savings, and related provisions
• 3A Meaning of election advertisement
• 3B Meaning of regulated period: general election
• 3BA Meaning of regulated period: by-election
• 3C Electoral Commission to publish details relating to regulated period
• 3D Meaning of publish
• 3E Meaning of advertising expenses
• 3EA Meaning of party secretary
• 3F Application of Act to conduct outside New Zealand
• Part 1
• 4 Electoral Commission
• 4A Crown Entities Act 2004 to apply
• 4B Electoral Commission
• 4C Objective
• 4D Membership of Electoral Commission
• 4E Appointment of Judge as member not to affect tenure, etc
• 4F Resignation of member
• 4G Power to remove or suspend members
• 4H Filling of vacancy
• 4I Deputy Electoral Commissioners
• 4J Proceedings of Electoral Commission
• 5 Functions
• 6 Powers of Electoral Commission
• 7 Independence
• 8 Electoral Commission must report on general election
• 9 Electoral Commission may delegate functions or powers to electoral officials engaged by Commission
• 9A Ownership of intellectual property developed by delegates of functions or powers
• 10 Term of office
• 11 Vacation of office of additional members who hold office for purposes of jurisdiction under Part 6 of Broadcasting Act 1989
• 11A Appointment of deputies
• 11B Status of deputies
• 11C Protection from civil liability
• 12 Delegation of Commission’s powers
• 13 Procedure
• 14 Proceedings of Electoral Commission
• 15 Annual report
• Part 2
• 16 Clerk of the Writs
• 17 Deputy Clerk of the Writs
• 18 Chief Electoral Officer
• 19 Deputy Chief Electoral Officer
• 20 Electoral officials
• 20A Electoral officials under direction of Electoral Commission
• 20B Designation of Returning Officers
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