New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
Chief Registrar—
(a) Means the Chief Registrar of Electors referred to in section 9(1); and
(b) Includes the Chief Registrar's deputy; and
(c) Includes any person acting under a delegation under section 10(2):
Clerk of the House means the Clerk of the House of Representatives
District means a General electoral district or a Maori electoral district constituted under the Electoral Act 1993
Elector means a person whose name lawfully appears on the referendum roll or the supplementary referendum roll
Electoral roll, in relation to any district, and subject to sections 101 to 103 of the Electoral Act 1993,—
(a) Means the forms that the Registrar keeps of applications for registration of persons registered under the Electoral Act 1993 as electors of that district; and
(b) Includes the forms deemed by section 83(6) of the Electoral Act 1993 to be applications for registration as an elector:
Electorate code means a number indicating the district for which any elector is qualified to be enrolled
Give public notice means to do both of the following
(a) Publish a notice in the Gazette; and
(b) Issue a press statement:
Minister means the Minister of Justice
New Zealand Post Limited—
(a) Means the company called New Zealand Post Limited incorporated under the Companies Act 1955 pursuant to the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986; and
(b) Includes that company on its reregistration under the Companies Act 1993:
Official publicity campaign means the publicity campaign conducted by the panel
Panel means the panel appointed by the Minister to conduct, on behalf of the Government of New Zealand, a publicity campaign about the referendum
Preliminary referendum roll means the list of electors described in section 13(1)
Processed means processed under section 40; and process and processing have corresponding meanings
Question means the question described in section 5
Referendum roll means the list of electors described in section 19(1)
Registrar, in relation to any district,—
(a) Means the Registrar of Electors appointed for that district under section 22 of the Electoral Act 1993; and
(b) Includes the Registrar of Electors' deputy:
Registrar of Births and Deaths means a Registrar within the meaning of the Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration Act 1995
Returned, in relation to a voting paper, means returned to the office of the Returning Officer
Returning Officer—
(a) Means the Returning Officer referred to in section 7(1); and
(b) Includes the Returning Officer's deputy; and
(c) Includes any person acting under a delegation under section 10(1):
Returning Officer's copy means the copy of the referendum roll and the supplementary referendum roll supplied under section 22
Roll identifier number means the randomly generated number assigned to each elector by the Chief Registrar
Supplementary referendum roll means the list of electors described in section 20(1)
Voting paper,—
(a) When used in the definition of returned, and in sections 6(3)(c) and 37 to 47, means the detachable part of a voting paper in the prescribed form:
(b) When used in sections 52, 54, 59 to 62, and 65(c), means—
(i) The detachable part of a voting paper in the prescribed form; or
(ii) A voting paper in the prescribed form:
(c) When used elsewhere in this Act, means a voting paper in the prescribed form:
Voting period means the voting period for the referendum described in section 28.
(2) A reference to a numbered form is a reference to the form so numbered in Schedule 1.