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Electoral Act 1993

Election expenses, donations, and annual financial statements - Election expenses of parties

206J: Appointment of auditor for party

You could also call this:

"Choosing an auditor for your political party"

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If you are part of a party, you must appoint an auditor. When your party registers under section 67, the person you named as your auditor is taken to have been appointed. You must appoint a new auditor if your current one does not start, stops being an auditor, or is no longer allowed to be an auditor.

If you appoint a new auditor, you must tell the Electoral Commission and send them the new auditor's details and their signed consent to the appointment. You need to send the Electoral Commission the name, address, and contact details of the new auditor. You also need to send the new auditor's signed consent to the appointment.

You must notify the Electoral Commission without delay when you appoint a new auditor. This is so the Electoral Commission has the most up-to-date information about your party's auditor. The Electoral Commission needs to know who your auditor is.

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Part 6AElection expenses, donations, and annual financial statements
Election expenses of parties

206JAppointment of auditor for party

  1. A party must appoint an auditor.

  2. On the registration of a party under section 67, the person named in the party's application under section 63(2)(c)(v) as the person who is to be appointed as the party's auditor is to be taken to have been appointed under subsection (1).

  3. A party must without delay appoint another auditor if the auditor appointed by the party under subsection (1) or taken to have been appointed under subsection (2)—

  4. does not, for any reason, commence to hold office; or
    1. ceases to hold office; or
      1. becomes ineligible to hold office.

        1. If at any time a party appoints a new auditor under subsection (3), the party must—

        2. notify the Electoral Commission; and
          1. send to the Electoral Commission—
            1. the name, address, and contact details of the new auditor; and
              1. the new auditor's signed consent to the appointment.

              Compare
              • 1993 No 87 ss 67(3)(f), 214D(1), (2A), (3) (pre-20 December 2007);
              • 2007 No 111 s 10
              Notes
              • Section 206J: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 1).
              • Section 206J compare note: amended, on , by section 14 of the Electoral (Administration) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 26).