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Electoral Act 1993

Registration of political parties and party logos - Registration of party logos

71C: Application for registration of party logo

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"How to register a logo for a political party in New Zealand"

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You can apply to the Electoral Commission to register a logo for a political party if the party is already registered under subpart 1 or if the party has applied to register under subpart 1 and the application has not been decided yet. You can make this application if you are the secretary of the party or a member of Parliament who is a current financial member of the party. The application must be in writing, signed by you, and include some specific things.

You need to give the Electoral Commission two identical copies of the party logo, showing the colours and the Pantone Matching System colours to be used, as well as a black and white version. You also need to make a declaration, as set out in section 9 of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957, that using the logo will not infringe on someone's intellectual property rights or break any laws. Your application should include your name and address, and the name and address of the party's secretary if you are not the secretary.

When the Electoral Commission gets your application, they will consider it and decide whether to register the party logo. But if you withdraw your application in writing before they make a decision, and the Electoral Commission is satisfied that you have the authority to do so, they do not have to consider it anymore.

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Part 4Registration of political parties and party logos
Registration of party logos

71CApplication for registration of party logo

  1. An application may be made to the Electoral Commission to register the logo of a political party if the political party—

  2. is registered under subpart 1; or
    1. is unregistered, but an application has been made under subpart 1 to register that party and that application has not been determined by the Electoral Commission.

      1. An application to register a party logo—

      2. may be made by—
        1. the secretary of the party; or
          1. any member of Parliament who is a current financial member of the party; and
          2. must—
            1. be in writing; and
              1. be signed by the applicant; and
                1. be accompanied by—
                  1. 2 identical representations of the party logo in a form satisfactory to the Electoral Commission that show the parts of the logo that are to be in colour and the PMS (Pantone Matching System) colours that are to be used for those parts when the logo is reproduced on the ballot paper; and
                    1. a black and white reproduction of the party logo in a form satisfactory to the Electoral Commission; and
                    2. be accompanied by a declaration, made by the applicant in the manner provided for by section 9 of the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957, that the use of the logo by the political party will not be an infringement of an intellectual property right of any person, or a breach of any enactment; and
                      1. set out—
                        1. the name and address of the applicant, and the capacity in which he or she makes the application; and
                          1. the name and address of the secretary of the political party, if the applicant is not the secretary of the political party.

                        2. On receipt of an application to register a party logo, the Electoral Commission must deal with the application in accordance with this subpart and determine whether to register the party logo.

                        3. Subsection (3) does not apply if, before determining whether to register a party logo, the Electoral Commission—

                        4. receives from any person described in subsection (2)(a) written notice that the application to register the party logo is withdrawn; and
                          1. is satisfied the written notice is given by that person on behalf of the party.

                            Notes
                            • Section 71C: inserted, on , by section 15 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 8).