New Zealand Legislation: Acts

8 Appointment of financial agent for third party

• (1) A third party must appoint a financial agent to be responsible for administering the third party's finances in relation to the promotion of election advertisements.

  (2) If the third party is an individual, the third party may appoint himself or herself under subsection (1).

  (3) On the listing of a third party under section 18, the person named, under section 15(3)(b)(i), as the third party's financial agent in the application for the listing is to be taken to have been appointed under subsection (1).

  (4) A third party may at any time appoint a new financial agent for the third party.

  (5) If at any time a third party appoints a new financial agent, the third party must—

  • (a) notify the Electoral Commission; and

  • (b) send to the Electoral Commission—

    • (i) the name, address, and contact details of the new financial agent in the form required by the Electoral Commission; and

    • (ii) the new financial agent's signed consent to the appointment.