This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 1 July 2015, adjusts the expenditure limits in the Electoral Act 1993 (the Act) as follows:

• the amount of advertising expenses that may be incurred by an unregistered promoter in relation to election advertisements published during any regulated period is unchanged at $12,500 (section 204B(1)(d) of the Act):

• the total amount of election expenses that may be incurred by a candidate in respect of any regulated period,—

  • for a general election, is unchanged at $26,100 (section 205C(1)(a) of the Act); and

  • for a by-election, is unchanged at $52,100 (section 205C(1)(b) of the Act):

• the total amount of election expenses that may be incurred by a party in respect of any regulated period, if the party is listed in the party vote part of the ballot paper issued for a general election,—

  • increases from $1,108,000 to $1,109,000 (section 206C(1)(a) of the Act); and

  • is unchanged at $26,100 for each electoral district contested by a candidate for the party (section 206C(1)(b) of the Act):

• the total amount of election expenses that may be incurred by a party in respect of any regulated period, if the party is not listed in the party vote part of the ballot paper issued for a general election, is unchanged at $26,100 for each electoral district contested by a candidate for the party (section 206C(2) of the Act):

• the total amount of election expenses that may be incurred by a registered promoter in respect of any regulated period is unchanged at $313,000 (section 206V(1) of the Act).

These adjustments reflect the movement between the New Zealand Consumers Price Index (All Groups) (the CPI) for the quarter ending 31 March 2014 and the CPI for the quarter ending 31 March 2015 (0.0839%).

In accordance with section 266A(4) of the Act, rounding to the next whole hundred dollars has been applied to the adjusted amounts as follows:

• in section 204B(1)(d) of the Act, $12,491 has been rounded to $12,500:

• in section 205C(1)(a) of the Act, $26,026 has been rounded to $26,100:

• in section 205C(1)(b) of the Act, $52,050 has been rounded to $52,100:

• in section 206C(1)(b) of the Act, $26,026 has been rounded to $26,100:

• in section 206C(2) of the Act, $26,026 has been rounded to $26,100.

In accordance with section 266A(5) of the Act, rounding to the next whole thousand dollars has been applied to the adjusted amounts as follows:

• in section 206C(1)(a) of the Act, $1,108,166 has been rounded to $1,109,000:

• in section 206V(1) of the Act, $312,304 has been rounded to $313,000.

In accordance with section 266A(6) of the Act, the adjusted amounts for the quarter ending 31 March 2015 are based on the adjusted amounts for the quarter ending 31 March 2014 before rounding was applied to those amounts. After rounding is applied to the adjusted amounts for the quarter ending 31 March 2015, the rounded amounts (other than the amount prescribed in section 206C(1)(a) of the Act) are the same as the amounts currently prescribed in the Act.

This order also revokes the Electoral (Expenditure Limit) Order 2014, which is superseded.