New Zealand Legislation: Acts

23 Voting rights

• (1) The mandated iwi organisation of a withdrawing group, after it has completed the process of withdrawal provided for under section 20(2)(c),—

  • (a) has all the voting rights of a mandated iwi organisation under this Act; and

  • (b) may exercise those rights from the date when it has completed the process of withdrawal.

  (2) However, only the joint mandated iwi organisation may exercise voting rights in respect of an appointment or removal at a meeting convened under—

  • (a) clause 1 or clause 6 of Schedule 8 to appoint or remove a member or alternate member of Te Kawai Taumata; or

  • (b) clause 1 of Schedule 8 to appoint a member of a committee of representatives, as provided for by section 117(1).

  (3) For the purposes of sections 115(2), 127(3), 137(2)(b), and 138(3)(b),—

  • (a) the notional iwi population represented by the mandated iwi organisation of any withdrawing group is the amount attributed to the withdrawing group under section 20(3)(a), and

  • (b) the notional iwi population represented by the joint mandated iwi organisation is the number stated in column 2 of Schedule 3, after subtracting the amount attributed, under section 20(3)(a), to the withdrawing group.