Electoral (Vacancies) Amendment Act 2003
Electoral (Vacancies) Amendment Act 2003
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Electoral (Vacancies) Amendment Act 2003
Electoral (Vacancies) Amendment Act 2003
Public Act |
2003 No 44 |
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Date of assent |
7 August 2003 |
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Commencement |
see section 2 |
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
(1)
This Act is the Electoral (Vacancies) Amendment Act 2003.
(2)
In this Act, the Electoral Act 1993 is called “the principal Act”
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Part 1 Preliminary provisions
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Expiry
This Act expires with the close of polling day for the first general election held after the date on which this Act comes into force.
Part 2 Change to vacancy rules
4 Section 55(1)(b) and (c) of principal Act not to apply
Section 55(1)(b) and (c) of the principal Act do not apply to any member of Parliament.
5 Retrospective effect of change to vacancy rules made by section 4
For all purposes, the question of whether the seat of a member of Parliament became vacant before the commencement of this Act must be determined as if section 4 of this Act had come into force on 14 August 2002.
6 Additional ground of vacancy
Section 55(1) of the principal Act must be read as if, after paragraph (d), the following paragraph were inserted:
“(da)
if he or she (being a person who is a New Zealand citizen) ceases to be a New Zealand citizen; or”
Legislative history
6 August 2003 |
Introduction, first reading, second reading, committee of the whole House, third reading (Bill 73–1) |
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7 August 2003 |
Royal assent |
This Act is administered in the Ministry of Justice.
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Electoral (Vacancies) Amendment Act 2003
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