Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Bill

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Hon Andrew Little

Government Bill

223—1

	Explanatory note
1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Principal Act
	Part 1 Amendments relating to disqualification of sentenced prisoners for registration as electors
4	Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
5	Section 80 amended (Disqualifications for registration)
6	Section 81 replaced (Detention in prison pursuant to sentence of imprisonment)
	81	Prison manager to forward to Electoral Commission details of prisoners disqualified for registration
	Part 2 Amendments relating to registration of sentenced prisoners as electors
7	New sections 86A to 86E inserted
	86A	Registration of prisoners serving sentence of imprisonment of less than 3 years
	86B	Registration of prisoners released after serving sentence of imprisonment of 3 years or more
	86C	Prison manager to collect and send enrolment information to Electoral Commission
	86D	Enrolment information received from prison manager treated as application for registration
	86E	Delegation of prison manager’s functions under sections 86A to 86C
8	Section 115 replaced (Unpublished names)
	115	Unpublished names
9	Schedule 1AA amended
	3	Interpretation
	4	Prison manager to assist specified prisoners to register as electors

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:

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