Electoral (Expenditure Limit) Order 2025

• Record Number: LMS1440654
• Citation: SL 2025/119
• Reference: SL 2025/119
• Year: 2025
• Type of Document: Secondary Legislation

Contenidos

• Electoral (Expenditure Limit) Order 2025
• Preamble
• Contents
• Order
• 1 Title
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Principal Act
• 4 Section 204B amended (Persons who may promote election advertisements)
• 5 Section 205C amended (Maximum amount of candidate’s total election expenses)
• 6 Section 206C amended (Maximum amount of party’s total election expenses)
• 7 Section 206V amended (Maximum amount of registered promoter’s total election expenses)
• 8 Electoral (Expenditure Limit) Order 2024 revoked
• Explanatory note

Electoral (Expenditure Limit) Order 2025

Order in Council

At Wellington this 26th day of May 2025

Present:Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Cindy Kiro, Governor-General

Preamble

This order is made under section 266A of the Electoral Act 1993—

1. on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and

2. on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice.

Contents

Order

1 Title

This order is the Electoral (Expenditure Limit) Order 2025.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 1 July 2025.

Amendments to Electoral Act 1993

3 Principal Act

Clauses 4 to 7 amend the Electoral Act 1993.

4 Section 204B amended (Persons who may promote election advertisements)

In section 204B(1)(d), replace $16,300 with $16,700.

5 Section 205C amended (Maximum amount of candidate’s total election expenses)

In section 205C(1)(a), replace $33,900 with $34,800.

In section 205C(1)(b), replace $67,800 with $69,500.

6 Section 206C amended (Maximum amount of party’s total election expenses)

In section 206C(1)(a), replace $1,443,000 with $1,480,000.

In section 206C(1)(b), replace $33,900 with $34,800.

In section 206C(2), replace $33,900 with $34,800.

7 Section 206V amended (Maximum amount of registered promoter’s total election expenses)

In section 206V(1), replace $407,000 with $417,000.

Revocation

8 Electoral (Expenditure Limit) Order 2024 revoked

The Electoral (Expenditure Limit) Order 2024 (SL 2024/77) is revoked.

Nicola Purvis,Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 29 May 2025.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Justice.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 1 July 2025, adjusts the expenditure limits in the Electoral Act 1993 (the Act) as follows:the amount of advertising expenses that may be incurred by an unregistered promoter in relation to election advertisements published during any regulated period increases from $16,300 to $16,700 (section 204B(1) (d) of the Act):the total amount of election expenses that may be incurred by a candidate in respect of any regulated period,—for a general election, increases from $33,900 to $34,800 (section 205C(1) (a) of the Act):for a by-election, increases from $67,800 to $69,500 (section 205C(1) (b) the Act):the total amount of election expenses that may be incurred by a party in respect of any regulated period, if the party is listed in the party vote part of the ballot paper issued for a general election,—increases from $1,443,000 to $1,480,000 (section 206C(1) (a) of the Act):increases from $33,900 to $34,800 for each electoral district contested by a candidate for the party (section 206C(1) (b) of the Act):the total amount of election expenses that may be incurred by a party in respect of any regulated period, if the party is not listed in the...