New Zealand Flag Referendums (Second Flag Referendum) Order 2015
New Zealand Flag Referendums (Second Flag Referendum) Order 2015: revoked, on the close of 30 March 2018, by section 4(1) of the New Zealand Flag Referendums Act 2015 (2015 No 66).
Version as at 31 March 2018
New Zealand Flag Referendums (Second Flag Referendum) Order 2015
(LI 2015/207)
New Zealand Flag Referendums (Second Flag Referendum) Order 2015: revoked, on the close of 30 March 2018, by section 4(1) of the New Zealand Flag Referendums Act 2015 (2015 No 66).
Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 31st day of August 2015
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Note
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.
This order is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
Pursuant to sections 11 and 14(3) of the New Zealand Flag Referendums Act 2015 and section 21(2) of the Referenda (Postal Voting) Act 2000, as applied by section 18(1)(b) of the New Zealand Flag Referendums Act 2015, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.
Order
1 Title
This order is the New Zealand Flag Referendums (Second Flag Referendum) Order 2015.
2 Commencement
This order comes into force on 1 September 2015.
3 Closing of referendum roll
The date for the closing of the referendum roll for the second flag referendum is Thursday 4 February 2016.
4 Close of second flag referendum
The date for the close of the second flag referendum is Thursday 24 March 2016.
5 Official description of current New Zealand Flag
The official description of the current New Zealand Flag, to be used for the purposes of dictating the relevant parts of the voting paper under section 24(4)(c) of the New Zealand Flag Referendums Act 2015, is set out in the Schedule.
Schedule Official description of current New Zealand Flag
The current New Zealand Flag has a deep blue background. In the top left corner, filling half the left side, is the Union Jack design showing red and white crosses on a blue background. The cross in the forefront is red on a white background. The two red and white crosses in the background are diagonal, with the red cross being superimposed over the white one. On the right half of the flag are four stars in the formation of the Southern Cross constellation. Each star is red with a white border, and has five points.
Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This order, which comes into force on 1 September 2015, appoints the dates for the closing of the referendum roll and for the close of the voting period for the second flag referendum. The referendum roll will close on Thursday 4 February 2016. In accordance with section 12(1) of the New Zealand Flag Referendums Act 2015 (the Act) and clause 4 of this order, the voting period for the second flag referendum will start on Thursday 3 March 2016 and end at 7pm on Thursday 24 March 2016.
The order also prescribes the official description of the current New Zealand Flag, to be used for the purposes of dictating the relevant parts of the voting paper to certain electors under section 24(4)(c) of the Act.
Date of notification in Gazette: 3 September 2015.
Notes
1 General
This is a consolidation of the New Zealand Flag Referendums (Second Flag Referendum) Order 2015 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.
2 Legal status
A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.
Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.
3 Editorial and format changes
The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.
4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation
New Zealand Flag Referendums Act 2015 (2015 No 66): section 4(1)