New Zealand Legislation: Acts

89 Electoral records

• (1) As soon as practicable after the completion of the count, the electoral officer must secure all voting documents and specified materials in the prescribed manner.

  (2) The voting documents and materials referred to in subsection (1) must be deposited with the Registrar of the District Court that, in the opinion of the electoral officer, is nearest to the principal office of the local authority.

  (3) The Registrar of the District Court must ensure that the voting documents and materials received under subsection (2)—

  • (a) are kept securely—

    • (i) for a period of 21 days after public notice is given declaring the result of the election or poll; or

    • (ii) in a case where an application is made for a recount or a petition demanding an inquiry is filed, until the completion of the recount or inquiry; and

  • (b) are then destroyed.

  (4) Access to the voting documents and materials received under subsection (2) must not be given to any person except—

  • (a) on the order of a court of competent jurisdiction; or

  • (b) in accordance with regulations made under this Act.

  (5) In this section, specified materials means those documents or records specified in regulations made under this Act as materials to which this section applies.

  Section 89(1): amended, on 7 July 2004, by section 14 of the Local Electoral Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 62).