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Electoral Act 1993

The House of Representatives - Representation Commission

42: Indexes of streets and places

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"Lists of Streets and Places to Help You Find Your Electoral District"

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The Surveyor-General has to make a list of streets and places in each electoral district after a notice is gazetted under section 40(1)(b). You can think of this list like a big index that helps people find where streets and places are. The Surveyor-General also has to make a big index that shows all the streets and places in New Zealand and which electoral district they are in.

The Electoral Commission has to keep a copy of these indexes at their offices and in other convenient places. This means you can go to these places and look at the indexes to find information about streets and places.

The department in charge of surveys sells copies of the indexes. They sell the indexes that list streets and places in each electoral district, and they also sell the big index that lists all the streets and places in New Zealand. You can buy these indexes at the department's offices or at other places that the Electoral Commission says are convenient.

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Representation Commission

42Indexes of streets and places

  1. The Surveyor-General—

  2. shall, as soon as practicable after the gazetting of a notice under section 40(1)(b), compile, in respect of each electoral district, an index of streets and places within that district; and
    1. shall compile from time to time, a comprehensive index which shall contain the names of all streets and places in New Zealand and which shall show the electoral district or electoral districts in which each street or place is to be found.

      1. At the offices of the Electoral Commission and at such other convenient places within each district as the Minister from time to time directs, there shall be kept, for inspection by the public,—

      2. a copy of the index compiled in respect of that district under subsection (1)(a); and
        1. a copy of the index compiled under subsection (1)(b).

          1. Copies of each index compiled under subsection (1)(a) shall be sold by the department within the meaning of section 2 of the Survey Act 1986.

          2. Copies of each index compiled under subsection (1)(b) in respect of an electoral district shall be sold at every office of the department within the meaning of section 2 of the Survey Act 1986 and at such other convenient places as the Electoral Commission from time to time directs.

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          Notes
          • Section 42(2): amended, on , by section 12 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
          • Section 42(3): amended, on , by section 5 of the Survey Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 55).
          • Section 42(4): amended, on , by section 32(1)(a) of the Electoral (Administration) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 26).
          • Section 42(4): amended, on , by section 5 of the Survey Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 55).