New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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The secretary of any political party registered under this Act must ensure that the Electoral Commission receives by 30 April in each year a declaration made by the secretary in the manner provided by section 9 of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957, which declaration must—
(a) state that the party intends, at general elections,—
(i) to submit a list of candidates under section 127; or
(ii) to have 1 or more constituency candidates stand for the party or for a related political party; or
(iii) both; and
(b) state whether the party has at least 500 current financial members who are eligible to enrol as electors.
Section 71A: inserted, on 28 February 2002, by section 19(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 1).
