New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
In this subpart, unless the context otherwise requires,—
candidate activity, in relation to a candidate at an election in any district, means an activity—
(a) that is undertaken by, or with the authority of,—
(i) the candidate; or
(ii) the candidate's financial agent; and
(b) that constitutes publishing a candidate advertisement in any form (for example, in the form of a radio or television broadcast, notice, poster, pamphlet, billboard, or electronic message); and
(c) that relates to the campaign for the return of the candidate in the candidate's capacity as a candidate for the district and not to the candidate—
(i) in his or her capacity as a member of Parliament or as the holder of any other office; or
(ii) in any other capacity; and
(d) that is undertaken, or deemed by section 77 to have been undertaken, during the regulated period
candidate advertisement has the meaning given to it by section 4
candidate's election expenses has the meaning given to it by section 73
election expense has the meaning given to it by section 72
publish has the meaning given to it by section 4
regulated period includes, in the case of a by-election, the period that commences 3 months before the polling day appointed for the by-election and ends with the close of that polling day.
