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Electoral Act 1993

Registration of electors - Registration

86A: Prison manager to send to Electoral Commission information about prisoners disqualified for registration

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"Prison must tell Electoral Commission about prisoners who can't vote"

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You are 17 or older and in prison. The prison manager must tell the Electoral Commission about you. They must do this within 7 days of you arriving at the prison. The prison manager sends a notice with your name and date of birth. They also send your old address or the hospital where you were before prison. They include the prison's name and address too. The prison manager does this because you are described in section 80(1)(d) and you are in prison to serve your sentence.

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Part 5Registration of electors
Registration

86APrison manager to send to Electoral Commission information about prisoners disqualified for registration

  1. This section applies in respect of a prisoner who—

  2. is of or over the age of 17 years; and
    1. is a person who is described in section 80(1)(d) and who has been received into a prison to serve the whole or part of their sentence.

      1. No later than 7 days after a prisoner is received into a prison, the prison manager must forward to the Electoral Commission a notice stating—

      2. the name and date of birth of the prisoner; and
        1. the prisoner’s previous residential address or, if the prisoner has been transferred to the prison after previously being detained in a hospital or secure facility, the name and address of the hospital or secure facility in which the prisoner was detained; and
          1. the name and address of the prison.

            Notes
            • Section 86A: replaced, on , by section 13 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 82).