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Referendums Framework Bill

Referendum advertising - Registered promoters

55: Application for registration

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"How to register to promote a referendum: applying to the Electoral Commission"

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If you want to be a registered promoter, you must apply to the Electoral Commission. You make this application yourself if you are an individual. If you are a company, one of your board of directors must apply on your behalf. If you are neither an individual nor a company, your authorised representative makes the application.

You must fill out the application form as required by the Electoral Commission. This form must include your name and contact details. If you are not an individual, the form must also include the name and contact details of the person who made the application. You must also provide the names of people in your organisation who are like company directors, or the names of your trustees if you are a trust.

Your application must also say which referendum it is about. If someone else is making the application on your behalf, you must provide proof that they have the authority to do so, as described in subsection (1)(b) or (c).

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This page was last updated on 25 August 2025

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Topics:

Government and voting > Elections

54: Promoters eligible for registration, or

"Who can register to promote a referendum in New Zealand"

56: Grounds on which registration must be refused, or

"When the Electoral Commission has to say no to a promoter's registration"

Part 3Referendum advertising
Registered promoters

55Application for registration

An application to be a registered promoter must be made to the Electoral Commission and made,—
if the promoter is an individual, by that individual; or
if the promoter is a company, by a person who is duly authorised by the company’s board of directors to make the application; or
if the promoter is not an individual or a company, by the promoter’s representative who is authorised by the promoter to make the application.

An application to be a registered promoter must be made in the form required by the Electoral Commission and set out—
the name and contact details of—
1. the promoter; and
2. if the promoter is not an individual, the person described in subsection (1)(b) or (c), as the case may be, who made the application; and
the names of the persons occupying a position in the body that is comparable with that of a director of a company, if the promoter is not an individual or a company; and
the names of the trustees, if the promoter is a trust; and
the referendum that the application relates to.

An application to be a registered promoter must be accompanied by evidence of the authority to make the application, if the application is made by a person described in subsection (1)(b) or (c).