Registration information received from prison manager treated as application for registration

1 The Electoral Commission must, for the purposes of this Act, treat— a the receipt of a prisoner’s details referred to in section 86E(1)(a) as an application by the prisoner to register as an elector of an electoral district; and b the receipt of a prisoner’s preference referred to in section 86E(1)(b) to be registered on the Māori electoral roll as a request by the prisoner to be registered as an elector of a Māori electoral district. 2 This section overrides section 83(1) to (4) . Section 86F : inserted , on 20 December 2025 , by section 13 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 82).