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Local Electoral Act 2001

Representation arrangements for elections of territorial authorities, regional councils, local boards, and community boards

19K: Requirements for resolution

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"Rules for Making a Decision About Election Areas"

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When you make a resolution under sections like section 19H, 19I, 19J, or 19JAA, it must be passed at a certain time. You can pass it no earlier than 20 December of the year that is 2 years before the election year and no later than 31 July of the year before the election year. The resolution must include a description of each proposed area and its boundaries. You need to make it easy for the public to identify each area. If the resolution proposes a change to how people are elected or the boundaries of areas, it must explain why. This applies to resolutions under certain sections like section 19H(1)(a)(ii) or (iii) or (g), section 19I(1), section 19J(2)(a) to (e) or (h)(iii), or section 19JAA(1). The resolution must be clear and easy to understand. You must pass the resolution within a certain timeframe. This is so you can make sure the election is fair and easy to understand.

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Part 1ARepresentation arrangements for elections of territorial authorities, regional councils, local boards, and community boards

19KRequirements for resolution

  1. A resolution under section 19H, 19I, 19J, or 19JAA that affects the next triennial general election of members of a territorial authority, regional council, local board, or community board must be passed no earlier than 20 December of the year that is 2 years before the year of the election and no later than 31 July of the year that is immediately before the year of the election.

  2. Every resolution specified in subsection (3) must include or be accompanied by a description of each proposed ward, constituency, community, or subdivision, and its proposed boundaries, so as to make each proposed ward, constituency, community, or subdivision readily identifiable to the public.

  3. If any resolution under section 19H, 19I, 19J, or 19JAA proposes any change to the basis of election, membership, or boundaries of wards, constituencies, communities, local board areas, or subdivisions of local board areas which applied at the last triennial general election of members of the territorial authority, regional council, local board, or community board, that resolution must include an explanation of the reasons for the proposed change.

  4. Subsection (1) applies to every resolution under any of the following provisions:

  5. section 19H(1)(a)(ii) or (iii) or (g):
    1. section 19I(1):
      1. section 19J(2)(a) to (e) or (h)(iii):
        1. section 19JAA(1).

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          Notes
          • Section 19K: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Local Electoral Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 85).
          • Section 19K(1AA): replaced, on , by section 12(1) of the Local Government Electoral Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 57).
          • Section 19K(2): amended, on , by section 12(3) of the Local Government Electoral Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 57).
          • Section 19K(2): amended, on , by section 76 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).
          • Section 19K(3): replaced, on , by section 12(4) of the Local Government Electoral Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 57).