New Zealand Legislation: Acts

22 Registrar of Electors

• (1) There shall be for each electoral district a Registrar of Electors to be appointed by the Chief Registrar.

  (2) Every Registrar shall be an employee of New Zealand Post Limited appointed by name or as the holder for the time being of any specified office and shall, subject to subsection (3), be stationed at an office occupied by New Zealand Post Limited within the electoral district of which he or she is Registrar.

  (3) Where, in the opinion of the Chief Registrar,—

  • (a) there is no suitable office occupied by New Zealand Post Limited in an electoral district; or

  • (b) an officer more suitable for appointment is stationed at an office occupied by New Zealand Post Limited in an adjoining district; or

  • (c) it appears to be in the public interest to do so,—

  he or she may appoint as the Registrar for the district an employee of New Zealand Post Limited stationed at an office occupied by New Zealand Post Limited in an adjoining electoral district.

  (4) The Registrar shall, under the direction of the Chief Registrar,—

  • (a) compile and keep, as required by this Act, the electoral roll for the Registrar’s electoral district; and

  • (b) carry out such other functions and duties as are specified in this Act.

  (5) The Chief Registrar may from time to time appoint an employee of New Zealand Post Limited to be the Deputy Registrar for any electoral district, who, subject to the control of the Registrar, shall have and may exercise all the powers, functions, and duties of the Registrar.

  (6) Neither the Registrar nor his or her deputy shall hold any official position in any political organisation.

  (7) The powers conferred on the Chief Registrar by subsections (1) and (5) include the power to appoint a Registrar or a Deputy Registrar for a named electoral district that is not yet in being or in respect of which a roll has not been compiled.

  Compare: 1956 No 107 s 7B; 1980 No 29 s 5(1); 1986 No 124 s 32(1)