New Zealand Legislation: Acts

19H Review of representation arrangements for elections of territorial authorities

• (1) A territorial authority must determine by resolution, and in accordance with this Part,—

  • (a) whether the members of the territorial authority (other than the mayor) are proposed to be elected—

    • (i) by the electors of the district as a whole; or

    • (ii) by the electors of 2 or more wards; or

    • (iii) in some cases by the electors of the district as a whole and in the other cases by the electors of each ward of the district; and

  • (b) in any case to which paragraph (a)(i) applies, the proposed number of members to be elected by the electors of the district as a whole; and

  • (c) in any case to which paragraph (a)(iii) applies,—

    • (i) the proposed number of members to be elected by the electors of the district as a whole; and

    • (ii) the proposed number of members to be elected by the wards of the district; and

  • (d) in any case to which paragraph (a)(ii) or paragraph (a)(iii) applies,—

    • (i) the proposed name and the proposed boundaries of each ward; and

    • (ii) the number of members proposed to be elected by the electors of each ward.

  (2) The determination required by subsection (1) must be made by a territorial authority,—

  • (a) on the first occasion, either in 2003 or in 2006; and

  • (b) subsequently, at least once in every period of 6 years after the first determination.

  (3) This section must be read in conjunction with section 19ZH and Schedule 1A.

  Compare: 1974 No 66 s 101H(1)

  Section 19H: inserted, on 25 December 2002, by section 6 of the Local Electoral Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 85).