New Zealand Legislation: Acts

7 Form of voting paper

• (1) The voting paper used in a government initiated referendum—

  • (a) must have a heading that—

    • (i) begins with the words “REFERENDUM ON”; and

    • (ii) states the subject of the referendum; and

  • (b) must have an explanatory note that—

    • (i) has the heading “Explanation”; and

    • (ii) explains—

      • (A) the purpose of the voting paper; and

      • (B) the effect of the referendum; and

    • (iii) specifies—

      • (A) the referendum material, if any, accompanying the voting paper that summarises the subject of the referendum; and

      • (B) the title and date of government publications, if any, intended to provide electors with a full description of the subject of the referendum; and

  • (c) must also—

    • (i) set out the proposal and responses worded as specified in an Order in Council made under section 6(1); and

    • (ii) set out instructions on how to vote and how to return the voting paper; and

    • (iii) provide a space for electors to indicate the response for which they wish to vote; and

    • (iv) set out the following numbers:

    • (A) the elector's roll identifier number, which must be unique to that elector:

    • (B) the elector's electorate code:

    • (C) the voting paper's number, which must be a number in a consecutive sequence that starts at 1; and

    • (v) be in the prescribed form.

  (2) The voting paper used in a citizens initiated referendum must be in the form prescribed in section 28 of the Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993.

  Compare: 1997 No 13 s 6