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Referendums Framework Bill

1: Title

You could also call this:

"The name of this law would be the Referendums Framework Act with the year it starts."

Illustration for Referendums Framework Bill

This proposed law would be called the Referendums Framework Act 2025. You would see this name if you looked at the law. The year in the name might change, but the rest of the name would stay the same.

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This page was last updated on 25 August 2025

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS1028612.

Topics:

Government and voting > Elections

Referendums Framework Bill, or

"Voting on Important Issues at the Same Time as a General Election"

2: Commencement, or

"When the law starts and people must follow it"

1Title

This Act is the Referendums Framework Act 2025.