Skip to main content
Home Case law Statutes Constitutions
Esheria Esheria New Zealand Constitution
Share

Share this page

Send a link to this legal source.

Share to X Share to LinkedIn

Sign in
  1. Constitutions
  2. New Zealand
  3. Communications to officials

🇳🇿 New ZealandConstitution

Electoral Act 1993

Communications to officials

Jurisdiction
New Zealand
Provision
39
Source language
English
Recorded status
in force
More details
Recorded status
in force

Provision text

Official source
1 When, after the gazetting, pursuant to section 38 , of a notice stating places (which must include the offices of the Electoral Commission ) at which the public may inspect, without charge, a description of the boundaries of the proposed districts, the Commission makes a determination relating to the boundaries of any district, the Surveyor-General must communicate the details of that determination to the Electoral Commission and such other entities or persons directly concerned with the administration of this Act as have been specified by the Representation Commission by name or by position or by the functions they perform. 2 Any entity or person to whom information is communicated pursuant to subsection (1) shall use that information only for the purposes of this Act. 1956 No 107 s 18A; 1985 No 149 s 4; 1991 No 68 s 5 Section 39(1) : amended , on 21 March 2017 , by section 10 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9). Section 39(1) : amended , on 1 July 2012 , by section 52(4) of the Electoral (Administration) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 57). Section 39(1) : amended , on 1 October 2010 , by section 14 of the Electoral (Administration) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 26). Section 39(2) : amended , on 1 October 2010 , by section 14 of the Electoral (Administration) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 26).

Source record

Source and verification

Electoral Act 1993 · legislation.govt.nz · Retrieved 18 August 2026.

Check the upstream source for currency, amendments, and official formatting. The recorded status describes this source version.

Open upstream source

On this page

Provision textSource and verificationAll New Zealand provisions

Continue researching

Search this constitutionBrowse global constitutions

About this LexChat collection

Public constitutional materials with source attribution and rights-aware access. Verify the official wording before relying on a provision. Report corrections to hello@esheria.ai.

Back to New Zealand Constitution