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Electoral (Vacancies) Amendment Act 2003

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Contents

Title

Part 1 Preliminary provisions

Commencement

Expiry

Part 2 Change to vacancy rules

Section 55(1)(b) and (c) of principal Act not to apply

Retrospective effect of change to vacancy rules made by section 4

Additional ground of vacancy

Legislative history

Electoral (Vacancies) Amendment Act 2003

Public Act		2003 No 44
Date of assent		7 August 2003
Commencement		see section 2

1	Title
	Part 1 Preliminary provisions
2	Commencement
3	Expiry
	Part 2 Change to vacancy rules
4	Section 55(1)(b) and (c) of principal Act not to apply
5	Retrospective effect of change to vacancy rules made by section 4
6	Additional ground of vacancy
	Legislative history
	Administrative information

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”.

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)
7 August 2003		Royal assent

This Act is administered in the Ministry of Justice.

Electoral (Vacancies) Amendment Act 2003