New Zealand Legislation: Acts

76 Consultation with political parties

• (1) The Electoral Commission must comply with subsection (2)—

  • (a) before allocating time to a political party under section 73; and

  • (b) before allocating any money under section 74A; and

  • (c) before making any determination under section 77A(5)(a).

  (2) Before doing any of the things referred to in subsection (1), the Electoral Commission must grant to every political party that has given a notice to the Electoral Commission under section 70A(3) the opportunity to meet with and be heard by the Electoral Commission.

  (3) If, after complying with subsection (2), the Electoral Commission later modifies an allocation or a determination, the Electoral Commission does not have to provide any political party with any further opportunity to meet with and be heard by the Electoral Commission.

  (4) The failure of any political party to make use of the opportunity to meet with and be heard by the Electoral Commission under subsection (2), or to comply with any other request of the Electoral Commission,—

  • (a) does not prevent the Commission making—

    • (i) an allocation of time under section 73; or

    • (ii) an allocation of money under section 74A; or

    • (iii) a determination under section 77A(5)(a); and

  • (b) does not affect the validity of any allocation or determination made under any of those sections.

  Section 76: substituted, on 7 December 2004, by section 13 of the Broadcasting Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 100).