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Electoral Act 1993

Electoral Commission

9: Electoral Commission may delegate functions or powers to electoral officials engaged by Commission

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"The Electoral Commission can give some of its jobs to people who help them."

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The Electoral Commission's board can give some of its jobs or powers to people who work with the Commission. You can read more about this in section 73 of the Crown Entities Act 2004. These people are called electoral officials and they help the Commission do its work.

The Commission can give these officials jobs like helping with voter registration. The Commission has many jobs related to voter registration, including those under Part 5 of the Electoral Act 1993 and other laws like the Bay of Plenty Regional Council (Maori Constituency Empowering) Act 2001, Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993, and Local Electoral Act 2001.

When the Commission gives jobs to these officials, the same rules apply as if the Commission was giving jobs to its own employees, according to the Crown Entities Act 2004, including sections 74, 75, and 76.

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Part 1Electoral Commission

9Electoral Commission may delegate functions or powers to electoral officials engaged by Commission

  1. The Electoral Commission's board may under section 73 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 delegate any of the Commission's functions or powers, either generally or specifically, not only to any person or persons listed in section 73(1) of the Crown Entities Act 2004, but also to any electoral official who is engaged (rather than employed) by the Commission.

  2. The functions or powers delegated may (without limitation) be or include either or both of the following:

  3. the Commission's power under section 73 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 to delegate particular functions or powers of the Commission:
    1. all or any of the Commission's functions or powers that relate to registration of electors.

      1. The electoral official may (without limiting the definition of that term in section 3(1)) be a person of one of the following kinds that the Electoral Commission engages for the purpose of assisting with the performance of its functions:

      2. a body corporate:
        1. an individual who holds an office in, or is employed by, a body corporate.

          1. For the purposes of this section, the Commission's functions or powers that relate to registration of electors include, without limitation, its functions or powers under (or under any regulations under) Part 5 of this Act, and also its functions or powers under (or under any regulations under) the following Acts:

          2. Bay of Plenty Regional Council (Maori Constituency Empowering) Act 2001:
            1. Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993:
              1. Energy Companies Act 1992:
                1. Juries Act 1981:
                  1. Local Electoral Act 2001:
                    1. Referenda (Postal Voting) Act 2000.

                      1. The provisions of the Crown Entities Act 2004, including in particular sections 74 (powers of delegate), 75 (effect of delegation), and 76 (revocations), apply in respect of a delegation by virtue of this section to any electoral official who is engaged (rather than employed) by the Electoral Commission as if it were a delegation under section 73 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 to any person or persons listed in section 73(1) of the Crown Entities Act 2004.

                      Notes
                      • Section 9: replaced, on , by section 29 of the Electoral (Administration) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 57).