PIANZEA Network Members’ Electoral Legislation
The following is a summary of the PIANZEA Network members’ electoral legislation. The details of this page were last reviewed in September 2021.
Australia
Cook Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
- Electoral Act 2014 (Includes amendments up to and including 2017)
- Electoral Amendment Act 2021
- Electoral (Registration of Voters) (Amendment) Act 2021
- Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding and Disclosures) (Amendment) Act 2021
Kiribati
Nauru
- Electoral Act 2016
- Electoral (Amendment) Act 2016
- Electoral (Amendment) No. 2 Act 2016
- Electoral (Amendment) No. 3 Act 2016
- Electoral (Amendment) Act 2017
- Electoral (Amendment) Act 2019
- Electoral (Amendment) No. 2 Act 2019
- Electoral (Amendment) Act 2020
- Electoral (Mobile Polling Station) Regulations 2016
- Electoral (Notification of Appointment) Notice No. 1 2016
- Electoral (Proxy Voting) Regulations 2016
- Electoral (Voters’ Verification) Regulations 2016
- Electoral (Early Voting) Regulations 2019
- Electoral (Proxy Voting) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
- Electoral (Remote Witness) Regulations 2019
- Election Petition Rules 2019
- Referendum Procedures Act 2009
New Zealand
- Electoral Act 1993
- Electoral Regulations 1996
- Electoral (Advertising of a Specified Kind) Regulations 2005
- Electoral (Iwi and Other Māori Organisation) Regulations 2018
- Electoral (Expenditure Limit) Order 2021 (Published 1 July each year)
- Electoral Main Rolls Closing Order 2020 (Published each election year)
- Election Access Fund Act 2020
- Referendums Framework Act 2019
- Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993
- Citizens Initiated Referenda Regulations 1995
- Referenda (Postal Voting) Act 2000
- Referenda (Postal Voting) Regulations 2009 (Expires 1 July 2022)
- Broadcasting Act 1989 (Part 6)
- NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990 (Section 12)
Niue
- Niue Assembly Act 1966 (Page 1253)
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Samoa
- Electoral Act 2019
- Electoral Commission Act 2019
- Electoral Constituencies Act 2019
- Electoral Amendment Act 2021
Solomon Islands
- Electoral Act 2018
- Electoral (Amendment) Act 2018
- Electoral Act 2018 – Electoral Regulations 2018
- Electoral (Amendment) Regulations 2019
- Constitution (Amendment) (Electoral Reform) Act 2018
Timor-Leste
- Law on the Election of National Parliament 2006
- First Amendment to Law on the Election of National Parliament 2007
- Second Amendment to Law on the Election of National Parliament 2011
- Third Amendment to the Law on the Election of National Parliament 2012
- Fourth Amendment to the Law on the Election of National Parliament 2017
- Law on the Election of the President of the Republic 2006
- First Amendment to Law on the Election of the President of the Republic 2007
- Second Amendment to Law on the Election of the President of the Republic 2011
- Third Amendment to the Law on the Election of the President of the Republic 2012
- Fifth Amendment to the Law on the Election of the President of the Republic 2017
- Sixth Amendment to the Law on the Election of the President of the Republic 2021
- Electoral Administration Bodies 2006
- First Amendment to Law on Electoral Administration Bodies 2011
- Second Amendment to Law on Electoral Administration Bodies 2016
- Third Amendment to the Law on Electoral Administration Bodies 2021
- Legal Regime for the Financing of Political Parties 2008
Tokelau
Kingdom of Tonga
- Electoral Act 1989
- Electoral Regulations 2010
- Electoral Boundaries Commission Act Act 2010
- Electoral Commission Act 2010
- Election Petition Rules 2016
- Electoral Boundaries Regulations 2017
- Electoral (Election of Representatives of the Nobles) Regulations 2017
- Legislative Assembly Act 1915
- Legislative Assembly (Election of Representatives of the Nobles) Regulations 1948
- District and Town Officers Act 1930
- District and Town Officers (Election) Regulations 2019
- Supreme Court Rules 2007
Tuvalu
- Electoral Provisions (Parliament) Act 1980
- Electoral Provisions (Parliament) Regulations 1980
- Electoral Provisions (Parliament) Amendment Act 2011
- Electoral Provisions (Parliament) Amendment Act 2014
- Electoral Provisions Parliament (Amendment) No. 2 Act 2014
- Electoral Provisions (Parliament) (Amendment) Act 2018
- Electoral Provisions (Parliament) Amendment Act 2019
Vanuatu
Submitted by challiday on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 - 16:02.