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Local Elections and Polls Amendment Act 1986

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Short Title

Notice of election, nomination of candidates, and closing date for nominations

Election to fill extraordinary vacancy in local authority

Election to fill extraordinary vacancy

Offences relating to nominations

Appointment of scrutineers

Voting by companies, associations, partnerships, etc., where ratepayer qualification available

Closing of rolls of electors

Local Elections and Polls Amendment Act 1986

Public Act		1986 No 23
Date of assent		17 June 1986

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Notice of election, nomination of candidates, and closing date for nominations
3	Election to fill extraordinary vacancy in local authority
4	Election to fill extraordinary vacancy
5	Offences relating to nominations
6	Appointment of scrutineers
7	Voting by companies, associations, partnerships, etc., where ratepayer qualification available
8	Closing of rolls of electors
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Local Elections and Polls Act 1976

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Local Elections and Polls Amendment Act 1986, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Local Elections and Polls Act 1976 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Notice of election, nomination of candidates, and closing date for nominations

Section 11 of the principal Act is hereby amended—

(a)

By omitting the expression “42”, and substituting the expression “56”.

(b)

By omitting the expression “36th”, and substituting the expression “43rd”.

3 Election to fill extraordinary vacancy in local authority

Section 51 of the principal Act (as substituted by section 20(1) of the Local Elections and Polls Amendment Act 1982) is hereby amended by repealing subsection (6), and substituting the following subsection:

“(6)

Every person who signs a demand that an election be held to fill a vacancy shall clearly state, against the signature, the person’s name and address with sufficient particularity to enable the person to be identified as an elector of the local authority.”

4 Election to fill extraordinary vacancy

Section 50 of the principal Act is hereby amended—

(a)

By omitting from subsection (1), and from the proviso to paragraph (a) of that subsection, the expression “49”, and substituting, in each case, the expression “56”:

(b)

By omitting from subsection (1) the expression “36th”, and substituting the expression “43rd”.

5 Offences relating to nominations

(1)

Section 53(c) of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, before the word “Signs”, the words “Not being the candidate,”.

(2)

Paragraph (c) of note 3 to Form 3 in the First Schedule to the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, before the word “Signs”, the words “Not being the candidate,”.

6 Appointment of scrutineers

(1)

Section 97(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing paragraphs (a) and (b), and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(a)

Any 20 of the electors who are in favour of the proposal may, in the manner specified in subsection (1a) of this section, nominate one or more scrutineers for each or any polling booth:

“(b)

Any 20 of the electors who are opposed to the proposal may, in the manner specified in subsection (1a) of this section, nominate one or more scrutineers for each or any polling booth:”.

(2)

Section 97 of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after subsection (1), the following subsections:

“(1a)

Every person who makes a nomination under subsection (1) of this section shall clearly state, against the signature, the person’s name and address with sufficient particularity to enable the person making the nomination to be identified as an elector of the local authority.

“(1b)

No nomination under subsection (1) of this section shall be valid unless it is delivered to the Returning Officer not less than 7 clear days before the poll.”

(3)

The Fourth Schedule to the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words in the second column relating to section 97 of the principal Act, and substituting the following words:

“By omitting from subsection (1b) the words ’before the poll’, and substituting the words ‘before the commencement of the polling period’:”.

7 Voting by companies, associations, partnerships, etc., where ratepayer qualification available

Section 110(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after the words “any other Act”, the words “where any local authority is required to conduct any election or poll on the basis of a ratepayer list”.

8 Closing of rolls of electors

Section 111(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the expression “29th day”, and substituting the expression “43rd day”.

This Act is administered in the Department of Internal Affairs.

Local Elections and Polls Amendment Act 1986