New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
(1) A person is eligible to be listed as a third party if the person is—
(a) a New Zealand citizen or ordinarily resident in New Zealand; or
(b) a body corporate that is not an overseas person within the meaning of the Overseas Investment Act 2005; or
(c) an unincorporated body of which the majority of its members are persons described in paragraph (a).
(2) The following are ineligible to be a third party:
(a) a party (other than a non-contesting party):
(b) a candidate:
(c) a person whose name is specified in a party list submitted under section 127 of the Electoral Act 1993:
(d) the financial agent of a party or a candidate:
(e) each of the following persons or bodies:
(i) the chief executive (however described) of a department of State or Crown entity:
(ii) a department of State:
(iii) a Crown entity:
(iv) a State enterprise (within the meaning of section 2 of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986) or a Crown-owned company:
(v) any other instrument of the Crown:
(f) a person involved in the administration of—
(i) the affairs of a party; or
(ii) the affairs of a candidate in relation to his or her election campaign.
(3) For the purposes of this section, a non-contesting party is a party that—
(a) is listed as a third party under section 18 (being a party that has submitted a non-contest declaration under section 15(4)); or
(b) has submitted a non-contest declaration under section 15(4) and is awaiting a decision on whether it is to be listed as a third party under section 18.
