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Local Electoral Act 2001

Recounts and inquiries - Petition for inquiry into election or poll

96: Time for holding inquiry

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"When an election inquiry must start and how you find out about it"

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If you want an inquiry into an election or poll, it must start within 14 days of filing the petition. You will get at least 7 days' public notice of when and where the inquiry will be held. The notice will tell you the time and place of the inquiry.

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Part 4Recounts and inquiries
Petition for inquiry into election or poll

96Time for holding inquiry

  1. The inquiry must be commenced within 14 days after the filing of the petition, and not less than 7 days' public notice must be given of the time and place at which the inquiry will be held.

Compare
  • 1976 No 144 s 102