New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
(1) The returning officer must, not later than 20 days before the election day, issue the voting documents to every person whose name is, on the day the voting documents are issued, listed on the roll of persons who the returning officer believes will be entitled to vote in that election.
(2) If, after the voting documents have been issued under subclause (1), a person's name is added to the roll of persons who the returning officer believes will be entitled to vote in an election, the returning officer must issue voting documents to that person as soon as practicable after that person's name is added to the roll.
(3) Voting documents must be issued by—
(a) posting them to the voter; or
(b) personally delivering them to the voter; or
(c) electronically delivering them to the voter.
(4) Every voting document that is issued by posting or personally delivering it to the voter must be accompanied by a postage-paid envelope that—
(a) is addressed to the returning officer; and
(b) has the unique number of the voting document printed on it.
