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Electoral Amendment Bill

Government bill

About this bill

This bill makes a number of minor changes to the Electoral Act 1993 that will rationalise and clarify the law, help improve services to voters, and assist with the smooth delivery of elections.
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Bill text: Electoral Amendment Bill (legislation.govt.nz)
Act text: Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (legislation.govt.nz)
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Member responsible

Mark Mitchell
Mark Mitchell

National MP for Whangaparāoa

Progress

Enacted

This Bill has been passed by Parliament, and signed into law by the Governor-General in a step called Royal Assent. This doesn't mean that everything the Act implements has come into force yet, but it does mean that the Act is on the statute books.

Votes

1st reading
Passed
11 October 2016

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2nd reading
Passed
14 February 2017

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3rd reading
Passed
15 March 2017

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Only reading votes are shown here; these votes determine whether the Bill progresses through Parliament. Other votes, such as votes on whether to amend parts of the Bill, can be seen in Hansard.

Bill details last synced with the Parliament website over 2 years ago.
(23 March 2023 at 00:01 GMT+00:00)

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