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Electoral Amendment Act 1992

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Act Repealed Latest version as at 08 May 1992 (as enacted) | 1992 No 36

Electoral Amendment Act 1992

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1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Electoral Amendment Act 1992, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Electoral Act 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Validation of boundaries of electoral districts fixed and proclaimed in 1983

(1)

For the avoidance of doubt, the boundaries of the electoral districts fixed by the Representation Commission in the year 1983, which boundaries—

(a)

Were included in the Representation Commission’s report to the Governor-General; and

(b)

Were, under the principal Act, declared by the Governor-General in a Proclamation published in the Gazette on the 6th day of May 1983,—

are hereby declared to have been valid and to have always been valid.

(2)

The boundaries validated by subsection (1) of this section are hereby declared to have continued in force until the time at which, in accordance with the provisions of the principal Act, those boundaries ceased to have effect.

3 Validation of boundaries of electoral districts fixed and proclaimed in 1987

(1)

For the avoidance of doubt, the boundaries of the electoral districts fixed by the Representation Commission in the year 1987, which boundaries—

(a)

Were included in the Representation Commission’s report to the Governor-General; and

(b)

Were, under the principal Act, declared by the Governor-General in a Proclamation published in the Gazette on the 9th day of April 1987; and

(c)

Were modified by the Representation Commission (Correction of Errors) Order 1987 (which was published in the Gazette on the 8th day of July 1987),—

are hereby declared to be valid and in force and to have always been valid and in force and to have continued in force.

(2)

The boundaries validated by subsection (1) of this section shall,—

(a)

In the case of the boundaries of the General electoral districts, continue in force until the time at which, in accordance with the provisions of the principal Act, those boundaries cease to have effect; and

(b)

In the case of the boundaries of the Maori electoral districts, continue in force until the time at which, in accordance with the provisions of the principal Act, those boundaries cease to have effect.

4 Definition of “Maori electoral population”

(1)

For the purpose of the fixing of the boundaries of both General electoral districts and Maori electoral districts, being the fixing of those boundaries that is required by the principal Act to take place after the census taken in the year 1991, the definition of the term “Maori electoral population” (which is set out in section 2(1) of the principal Act) shall be read as if, for subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (c), there were substituted the following subparagraph:

“(ii)

By applying the proportion ascertained under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph to the number 160, 396, which number is the number of Maori children under the age of 18 years as ascertained from information obtained in the 1991 Census of Population, and includes, on the basis of the census schedules,—

“(A)

All children who, as at the night of the 1991 Census of Population, were under the age of 18 years and had New Zealand Maori ancestry and were living with two parents, both of whom were New Zealand Maori; and

“(B)

All children who, as at the night of the 1991 Census of Population, were under the age of 18 years and had New Zealand Maori ancestry and were living with only one parent, being a parent who was New Zealand Maori; and

“(C)

Half of the number of children who, as at the night of the 1991 Census of Population, were under the age of 18 years and had New Zealand Maori ancestry and were living with two parents, only one of whom was New Zealand Maori; and

“(D)

All children, who, as at the night of the 1991 Census of Population, were under the age of 18 years and had New Zealand Maori ancestry and were not living with one or both of their parents:”.

(2)

For the purpose of the fixing of the boundaries of both General electoral districts and Maori electoral districts, being the fixing of those boundaries that is required by the principal Act to take place after the census taken in the year 1991, section 2 of the principal Act shall be read as if, before subsection (2), there were inserted the following subsection:

“(1a)

For the purposes of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of the definition of the term ‘Maori electoral population’, the term ‘parent’ means each person who, as at the night of the 1991 Census of Population and for the purposes of that census, was classified by the Government Statistician as a parent under a classification carried out by the Government Statistician, after that night and before the passing of the Electoral Amendment Act 1992.”

5 Calculation of “Maori electoral population”

Where, for the purpose of the fixing of the boundaries of electoral districts, being the fixing of those boundaries that is required by the principal Act to take place after the census taken in the year 1991, a calculation is required to be made of the Maori electoral population of—

(a)

The North Island; or

(b)

The South Island; or

(c)

Any electoral district,—

the Government Statistician shall apportion the number 160,396 (being the number specified in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of the definition of the term “Maori electoral population” (as affected by section 4 of this Act)), and shall likewise apportion the total number of persons registered as electors of Maori electoral districts as at the close of the last day of the period last specified under section 41a(2) or (3) of this Act and the total number of persons of New Zealand Maori descent registered as electors of General electoral districts as at the close of the last day of the period last specified under section 41a(2) or (3) of this Act and the total Maori adult population as determined by the last periodical census, and shall apply those numbers as so apportioned both for the purposes of the calculation and for the purposes of paragraphs (a), (b), and (c)(i) of the definition of the term “Maori electoral population”.

6 Calculations based on 1991 Census of Population

For the purpose of the fixing of the boundaries of both General electoral districts and Maori electoral districts, being the fixing of those boundaries that is required by the principal Act to take place after the census taken in the year 1991,—

(a)

The Maori electoral population of New Zealand (being that population as calculated by the Government Statistician) is hereby declared to be 180,782; and

(b)

The General electoral population of New Zealand (being that population as calculated by the Government Statistician) is hereby declared to be 3,180,216; and

(c)

The Maori electoral population of the North Island (being that population as calculated by the Government Statistician) is hereby declared to be 165,767; and

(d)

The General electoral population of the North Island (being that population as calculated by the Government Statistician) is hereby declared to be 2,341,210; and

(e)

The Maori electoral population of the South Island (being that population as calculated by the Government Statistician) is hereby declared to be 15,582; and

(f)

The General electoral population of the South Island (being that population as calculated by the Government Statistician) is hereby declared to be 838,439.

7 Preparation of further report by Government Statistician

(1)

As soon as practicable after the passing of this Act, the Government Statistician shall report to the Surveyor-General and to the other members of the Representation Commission, in the manner prescribed by section 16(2a) of the principal Act,—

(a)

The results of the census taken in the year 1991; and

(b)

The Maori electoral population (as set out in section 6(a) of this Act), which population (as so set out) shall be deemed to represent the Government Statistician’s calculation as at the close of the 7th day of June 1991, of the Maori electoral population.

(2)

The Government Statistician, in making the report required by subsection (1) of this section, shall apply the provisions of this Act.

8 Preparation of new maps showing provisional boundaries of electoral districts

(1)

Upon receipt of the report of the Government Statistician under section 7 of this Act, the Surveyor-General shall prepare new maps in accordance with sections 16(3) and 23(3) of the principal Act and shall then, in accordance with section 16(3) of the principal Act, call a meeting of the Representation Commission.

(2)

Section 16(4) of the principal Act shall apply in relation to the report made by the Government Statistician under section 7 of this Act and to the maps prepared in accordance with section 16(3) of the principal Act (as applied by subsection (1) of this section).

(3)

Section 23(4) of the principal Act shall apply in relation to the report made by the Government Statistician under section 7 of this Act and to the maps prepared in accordance with section 23(3) of the principal Act (as applied by subsection (1) of this section).

This Act is administered in the Department of Justice.
Act Repealed Latest version as at 08 May 1992 (as enacted)

Electoral Amendment Act 1992

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