Electoral Act 1993

Registration of electors - Updating of electoral rolls

89F: Procedure following inquiry under section 89D

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If you move to a new electoral district, the Electoral Commission will remove your name from the old district's roll and add it to the new district's roll. This happens after an inquiry under section 89D. The Electoral Commission must update your details on the roll if you tell them about any changes, except if you just move to a new house in the same district. You stay on the roll with the same details if the Electoral Commission does not get any new information from you, or if you tell them there are no changes.

If you want to update your details, you can fill out a form or give the information electronically under section 89D(5)(b). The form must be signed, but electronic information does not need a signature. However, the Electoral Commission can reject your form or electronic information if it is not complete.

The Electoral Commission follows rules from section 83 when checking your information. They can reject your information if it is not complete, but they must tell you what is missing. You can then give them the complete information so they can update your details on the roll.

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Part 5Registration of electors
Updating of electoral rolls

89FProcedure following inquiry under section 89D

  1. If, following an inquiry under section 89D, the Electoral Commission receives notice under section 89D(5)(b) that an elector has changed his or her place of residence and now resides in another electoral district, the Electoral Commission—

  2. must, in accordance with section 98(1)(a), remove the elector’s name from the roll for the district in which the elector previously resided; and
    1. must, in accordance with section 89, register that elector on the roll for the district in which the elector resides.
      1. If, following an inquiry under section 89D, the Electoral Commission receives notice under section 89D(5)(b) of any change or correction to an elector's particulars, other than a change of place of residence referred to in subsection (1), the Electoral Commission must amend the elector's particulars on the roll in accordance with that notification.

      2. An elector remains on the roll and his or her particulars on the roll remain unchanged if—

      3. the Electoral Commission does not receive from the elector a form or information under section 89D(5)(b); or
        1. the Electoral Commission receives from the elector a form or information under section 89D(5)(b) with no changes.
          1. A form that a person intends to return, or returns, under section 89D(5)(b)(i) must be signed and may be rejected for incompleteness, in accordance with subsections (1)(a), (2), and (3) of section 83 (which apply with all necessary modifications), as if the form were an application in respect of registration as an elector.

          2. Information that an elector intends to supply, or supplies, electronically under section 89D(5)(b)(ii)

          3. is not an application in respect of registration as an elector required by section 83(1)(a) to be signed; but
            1. may be rejected for incompleteness under section 83(3) (which applies with all necessary modifications) if it does not include all the details specified in section 83(2)(a), (b), (c), and (h).
              Notes
              • Section 89F: inserted, on , by section 22 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 8).
              • Section 89F(1): replaced, on , by section 33(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
              • Section 89F(2): amended, on , by section 10(1) of the Electoral (Māori Electoral Option) Legislation Act 2022 (2022 No 62).
              • Section 89F(2): amended, on , by section 33(2) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
              • Section 89F(3)(a): amended, on , by section 10(1) of the Electoral (Māori Electoral Option) Legislation Act 2022 (2022 No 62).
              • Section 89F(3)(a): amended, on , by section 33(2) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
              • Section 89F(3)(b): amended, on , by section 10(1) of the Electoral (Māori Electoral Option) Legislation Act 2022 (2022 No 62).
              • Section 89F(3)(b): amended, on , by section 33(2) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
              • Section 89F(4): amended, on , by section 10(2) of the Electoral (Māori Electoral Option) Legislation Act 2022 (2022 No 62).
              • Section 89F(5): amended, on , by section 10(3) of the Electoral (Māori Electoral Option) Legislation Act 2022 (2022 No 62).