New Zealand Legislation: Acts

17 Public use of printed preliminary referendum rolls

• (1) Any person may use a copy of a printed preliminary referendum roll for the purposes of—

  • (a) Checking that persons qualified to be on it are on it:

  • (b) Checking that persons not qualified to be on it are not on it:

  • (c) Encouraging persons qualified to be on it, whether or not they are, to apply for registration as electors under the Electoral Act 1993.

  (2) A person who wants to use a printed preliminary referendum roll for these purposes must—

  • (a) Complete a form, provided by the Chief Registrar, applying for a copy; and

  • (b) State in the form that—

    • (i) The roll is required for the purposes set out in subsection (1); and

    • (ii) The roll will not be used for any other purpose.

  (3) The Chief Registrar must supply, without charge, a copy of the roll applied for to a person who completes the form.

  (4) Every person holding a copy of a printed preliminary referendum roll as a result of an application under subsection (2) must return it to the office of the Chief Registrar before 4 pm on the day before the first day of the voting period.

  (5) The right to use a printed preliminary referendum roll conferred by subsection (1) does not include the right to copy the whole or any part of it.