Electoral Act 1993

Registration of electors - Electoral rolls

102: Maintenance of rolls being replaced

You could also call this:

"Updating voter lists when new ones are being made"

When the Electoral Commission makes new lists, as mentioned in section 101(1)(b), it does not have to update the old rolls for some areas. The Electoral Commission had to keep these rolls up to date under section 40(1)(b) or 45(9)(b) before the new lists were made. However, this rule only applies until the new roll is in force.

The Electoral Commission must still keep all the information it needs to update the old roll if a by-election is held in one of these areas. This information can include photocopies of original documents. The Electoral Commission needs this information until the old roll is no longer used.

If a by-election is going to be held in one of these areas, the Electoral Commission must make sure it has an up-to-date roll for that area. This up-to-date roll must be closed and printed on the day the writ for the by-election is issued. The Electoral Commission must do this so it has the most current information for the by-election.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

This page was last updated on 18 July 2025

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM309137.

Topics:

Government and voting > Elections

101: Electoral rolls, or

"Who can vote: the list of people allowed to vote in each area"

103: Rolls where Parliament dissolved after change of boundaries and before new rolls completed, or

"What happens to voter lists when Parliament is dissolved before new lists are ready"

Part 5Registration of electors
Electoral rolls

102Maintenance of rolls being replaced

If the Electoral Commission has compiled the lists referred to in section 101(1)(b), it is not obliged to keep the rolls up to date for the districts that were in existence immediately before the gazetting, under section 40(1)(b) or 45(9)(b), of the notice that immediately preceded the compilation of those lists.
Despite subsection (1), the Electoral Commission must ensure that it has available to it, until the roll for a district ceases to be in force, all information (which may include or consist of photocopies of original documents) necessary to enable it to bring the roll up to date in the event of a by-election in that district.
If a by-election is to take place in a district to which subsection (1) applies, the Electoral Commission must ensure that an up-to-date composite roll for the district is closed and printed as at writ day for the by-election.

Notes

Section 102: replaced, on 21 March 2017, by section 47 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).