New Zealand Legislation: Acts

127 Election of list candidates

• (1) At any general election any secretary of a political party that is registered under Part 4 may forward to the Chief Electoral Officer a list of candidates for election to the seats reserved for those members of Parliament elected from lists submitted under this section.

  (2) A list submitted under this section shall be in form 4 and shall list candidates in order of the party’s preference commencing with the first in order of preference and ending with the last.

  (3) Every list submitted under this section, and the declaration required by subsection (3A),—

  • (a) must be submitted to the Chief Electoral Officer not later than noon on the date specified in the writ for the election of constituency candidates as the latest date for the nomination of constituency candidates; and

  • (b) may be submitted by hand, post, or facsimile transmission.

  (3A) Every list submitted under this section must be accompanied by a declaration, made by the secretary of the party in the manner provided by section 9 of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957, that must—

  • (a) declare that the secretary is satisfied that each person named on the list submitted under this section is qualified under this Act to be a candidate; and

  • (b) state whether the party is a party in respect of which there are 1 or more component parties; and

  • (c) if the party has 1 or more component parties, state the name of each component party.

  (4) Where a secretary of any political party submits a list under this section, he or she shall at the same time forward, in respect of each person named on the list, the person’s consent to the inclusion of his or her name on that list.

  (5) Every consent submitted under subsection (4)—

  • (a) must be in a form provided by the Chief Electoral Officer; and

  • (b) must be signed by the person concerned; and

  • (c) may be submitted by hand, post, or facsimile transmission.

  (6) The Chief Electoral Officer shall give a receipt in writing for every list accepted by the Chief Electoral Officer.

  (7) Where a list under this section is submitted by a political party that has a logo registered under section 67A, the secretary of that political party may submit with the list a copy of the logo so registered for inclusion—

  • (a) on the left-hand side of the ballot paper beside the name of that party on the party vote part of the ballot paper; and

  • (b) on the right-hand side of the ballot paper beside the name of any constituency candidate of that party (if any) on the electorate vote part of the ballot paper.

  (8) Every logo submitted under this section—

  • (a) must be submitted to the Chief Electoral Officer not later than noon on the date specified in the writ for the election of constituency candidates as the latest date for the nomination of constituency candidates; and

  • (b) may be submitted by hand, post, or facsimile transmission.

  Section 127(3): substituted, on 28 February 2002, by section 45(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 1).

  Section 127(3A): substituted, on 28 February 2002, by section 45(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 1).

  Section 127(4): amended, on 17 May 2005, by section 3(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 50).

  Section 127(5): substituted, on 17 May 2005, by section 3(2) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 50).

  Section 127(7): added, on 6 December 1995, by section 35(2) of the Electoral Amendment Act (No 2) 1995 (1995 No 61).

  Section 127(8): substituted, on 28 February 2002, by section 45(3) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 1).