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Hon Simon Power

Electoral (Administration) Amendment Bill

Government Bill

93—2

As reported from the Justice and Electoral Committee

Contents

3 Principal Act amended

Part 1
Amendments to principal Act

Subpart 1—Amendments coming into force on day after Royal assent

4 New sections 4B to 4G inserted

4B Electoral Commission

~~4D Membership of board~~

4D Membership of Electoral Commission

4E Appointment of Judge as member not to affect tenure, etc

4EA Resignation of member

4EB Power to remove or suspend members

4EC Filling of vacancy

4F Deputy Electoral Commissioners

4G Proceedings of Electoral Commission

Subpart 2—Amendments coming into force on 1 October 2010

5 Interpretation

6 Sections 4 and 4A repealed

7 New sections 5 to 9 substituted

6 Powers of Electoral Commission

8 Electoral Commission must report on general election

9 Electoral Commission may delegate functions, duties, or powers to non-employees

8 Sections 11A, 11B, 14, and 18 to 20 repealed

9 New sections 20C to 20CC substituted

20C Returning Officers may delegate functions, duties, or powers

20CA Powers of delegate

20CB Effect of delegation on Returning Officer

20CC Revocation of delegations

10 Section 24 repealed

11 New section 47A inserted

47A Certain persons disqualified from candidacy

12 Offence for public servant to sit

13 How vacancies created

14 Other amendments to principal Act

Part 2
Consequential amendments and transitional provisions

15 Interpretation

Subpart 1—Provisions coming into force on day after Royal assent

16 New Electoral Commission may perform certain functions before 1 October 2010

17 Statement of intent

18 References to Electoral Commission

19 Assets and liabilities of existing Electoral Commission

20 Employees of existing Electoral Commission

21 References to Chief Electoral Officer

22 Assets and liabilities of Chief Electoral Office

23 Employees of Ministry of Justice

24 Terms and conditions of transferred employees

25 Continuity of employment

26 Restriction of compensation for technical redundancy

27 Consequential amendments

Subpart 2—Provisions coming into force on 1 October 2010

28 Existing Electoral Commission disestablished

29 Appointment of existing Chief Electoral Officer revoked

30 Enforcement of existing rights

31 Responsibility for reports and accounts of existing Electoral Commission from 1 July 2010

32 Consequential amendments

Schedule 1
Other amendments to principal Act

Schedule 2
Consequential amendments to principal Act

Schedule 3
Consequential amendments to other Acts

Schedule 4
Consequential amendments to regulations

Legislative history

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: