86FRegistration information received from prison manager treated as application for registration

1. The Electoral Commission must, for the purposes of this Act, treat—

2. the receipt of a prisoner’s details referred to in section 86E(1)(a) as an application by the prisoner to register as an elector of an electoral district; and
3. the receipt of a prisoner’s preference referred to in section 86E(1)(b) to be registered on the Māori electoral roll as a request by the prisoner to be registered as an elector of a Māori electoral district.

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