New Zealand Legislation: Acts

16 Duties of Clerk of House of Representatives on receipt of indicative referendum petition

• (1) After receiving an indicative referendum petition pursuant to section 15(3) of this Act, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall disregard any signature that is not on a form supplied by the promoter and approved by the Clerk of the House of Representatives under section 14(2) of this Act.

  (2) Where the Clerk of the House of Representatives finds that the total number of signatures on a petition delivered to him or her pursuant to section 15(3) of this Act is less than the number of eligible electors required to sign a petition before it can be certified correct under section 18(1) of this Act, the petition shall lapse and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall notify the promoter accordingly.

  (3) Signatures disregarded under subsection (1) of this section shall not be taken into account for the purpose of ascertaining—

  • (a) The total number of signatures on a petition for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section; or

  • (b) Whether the indicative referendum petition can be certified correct under section 18 of this Act.

  Section 16 was substituted, as from 6 December 1995, by section 4 Citizens Initiated Referenda Amendment Act 1995 (1995 No 62).