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Local Electoral Act 2001

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

19N: Response to submissions

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"What happens to your feedback on election area plans?"

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You need to know what happens after people make submissions about representation arrangements for elections. The territorial authority or regional council must consider all submissions within 8 weeks after the submission period ends. They can make changes to their proposals as they think fit. You will see a public notice about the proposals after the territorial authority or regional council considers submissions. This notice must include any changes made, reasons for the changes, and reasons for rejecting submissions. It must also state the communities of interest considered and the ratio of population to proposed members for each area. The territorial authority or regional council must send a copy of the public notice to certain people, including the Commission and the Surveyor-General. If the notice was given by a territorial authority, they must send a copy to any regional council in their area. If the notice was given by a regional council, they must send a copy to every territorial authority in their region.

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

19NResponse to submissions

  1. The territorial authority or regional council must, within 8 weeks after the end of the period allowed for the making of submissions and specified in the notice given under section 19M,—

  2. consider all submissions received and may, by resolution, make such amendments to the resolution made under section 19H, 19I, 19J, or 19JAA, as the case may be, as it thinks fit; and
    1. give public notice of its proposals.

      1. The public notice must—

      2. incorporate any amendments resolved under subsection (1)(a); and
        1. state both the reasons for the amendments and the reasons for any rejection of submissions; and
          1. specify the communities of interest considered by the territorial authority (as required by sections 19T and 19V) or regional council (as required by sections 19U and 19V); and
            1. specify the ratio of population to proposed members for each proposed ward, constituency, or subdivision, and the reasons for those proposals in terms of section 19V(2) and, if applicable, section 19V(3); and
              1. specify the right of appeal conferred by section 19O, including the place and closing date for the receipt of appeals; and
                1. if the territorial authority or regional council has amended its proposals under subsection (1)(a), specify the right of objection conferred by section 19P, including the place and closing date for the receipt of objections.

                  1. The territorial authority or regional council by which the public notice was given must—

                  2. send a copy of that notice to—
                    1. the Commission; and
                      1. the Surveyor-General; and
                        1. the Government Statistician; and
                          1. the Remuneration Authority; and
                          2. if that notice was given by a territorial authority, send a copy of that notice to any regional council for a region in which the district of the territorial authority or any part of that district is situated; and
                            1. if that notice was given by a regional council, send a copy of that notice to every territorial authority whose district or a part of whose district is within the region.

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                              Notes
                              • Section 19N: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Local Electoral Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 85).
                              • Section 19N(1): amended, on , by section 15(1) of the Local Government Electoral Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 57).
                              • Section 19N(1)(a): amended, on , by section 15(2) of the Local Government Electoral Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 57).
                              • Section 19N(2)(ba): inserted, on , by section 11(1) of the Local Electoral Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 40).
                              • Section 19N(2)(bb): inserted, on , by section 11(1) of the Local Electoral Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 40).
                              • Section 19N(3)(a)(iv): replaced, on , by section 11(2) of the Local Electoral Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 40).