Restriction on amendment or repeal of certain provisions

1 This section applies to the following provisions (hereinafter referred to as reserved provisions ), namely,— a section 17(1) of the Constitution Act 1986 , relating to the term of Parliament: b section 28 , relating to the Representation Commission: c section 35 , and the definition of the term General electoral population in section 3(1) , relating to the division of New Zealand into electoral districts after each census: d section 36 , relating to the allowance for the adjustment of the quota: e section 74 , and the definition of the term adult in section 3(1) , and section 60(f) , so far as those provisions prescribe 18 years as the minimum age for persons qualified to be registered as electors or to vote: f section 168 , relating to the method of voting. 2 No reserved provision shall be repealed or amended unless the proposal for the amendment or repeal— a is passed by a majority of 75% of all the members of the House of Representatives; or b has been carried by a majority of the valid votes cast at a poll of the electors of the General and Maori electoral districts: provided that this section shall not apply to the repeal of any reserved provision by a consolidating Act in which that provision is re-enacted without amendment and this section is re-enacted without amendment so as to apply to that provision as re-enacted. 1956 No 107 s 189; 1975 No 28 s 6(2)(e); 1986 No 116 s 8