Electoral Act 1993

Registration of electors - Registration

86AAE: Registration information received from Director of Mental Health treated as application for registration

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"Information from the Director of Mental Health is used to register you as a voter."

You need to know what happens when the Electoral Commission gets information from the Director of Mental Health. The Electoral Commission must treat this information as an application to register as a voter. This applies to information about a person's details and their preference for the Māori electoral roll, as outlined in section 86AAD(1)(a) and section 86AAD(1)(b). The Electoral Commission must also follow this rule even if it overrides other rules, such as section 83(1) to (4). This means the Electoral Commission will use the information to register you as a voter. The rules about registering as a voter are important for the Electoral Commission to follow. The Electoral Commission has to treat the information it gets as a request to register you on the electoral roll. This is how the Electoral Commission will use the information it gets from the Director of Mental Health. You will be registered as a voter if the Electoral Commission gets this information about you.

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86AAD: Director of Mental Health to collect and send registration information to Electoral Commission, or

"Director of Mental Health helps send your voter registration details to the Electoral Commission"

86AAF: Director of Mental Health to communicate with person in way person can understand, or

"The Director of Mental Health must explain things in a way that's easy for you to understand."

Part 5Registration of electors
Registration

86AAERegistration information received from Director of Mental Health treated as application for registration

The Electoral Commission must, for the purposes of this Act, treat—
the receipt of a person’s details referred to in section 86AAD(1)(a) as an application by the person to register as an elector of an electoral district; and
the receipt of a person’s preference referred to in section 86AAD(1)(b) to be registered on the Māori electoral roll as a request by the person to be registered as an elector of a Māori electoral district.

This section overrides section 83(1) to (4).

Notes

Section 86AAE: inserted, on 20 December 2025, by section 12 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 82).