New Zealand Legislation: Acts

22 Date of, or voting period for, indicative referendum

• (1) This section applies when a petition that has been certified correct under section 18(1)(a) is presented to the House of Representatives under section 21.

  (2) Within 1 month after the date on which the indicative referendum petition is presented to the House of Representatives, the Governor-General must either—

  • (a) make an Order in Council appointing, in accordance with section 22AA, the date on which the indicative referendum is to be held under this Act; or

  • (b) make an Order in Council under section 5(b) of the Referenda (Postal Voting) Act 2000 specifying the indicative referendum as a referendum that must be conducted by postal voting.

  Subsection (4)(c) of the original section 22 was amended, as from 1 July 1995, by section 5 Citizens Initiated Referenda Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 146) by substituting the words “section 126 of the Electoral Act 1993” for the words “section 71 of the Electoral Act 1956”.

  Section 22 was substituted, as from 15 November 2000, by section 86 Referenda (Postal Voting) Act 2000 (2000 No 48).