Good morning Mark,

 

I am acknowledging receipt of your Official Information Act request,
regarding  ‘List of advisory opinions given for 2014 election given in the
last six months’ received  29^th September 2014.

 

Under the Official Information Act, we have 20 working days for response.
You should receive a reply on/before the 28^th October.

 

Many thanks, 

 

 

Alice | Electoral Commission | Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri  

PO Box 3220 | Level 10, 34 – 42 Manners Street | Wellington | 6140

Phone +64 4 495 0030| Fax +64 4 495 0031 | [1]http://www.elections.org.nz

 

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Subject: Official Information Act request - List of advisory opinions
given for 2014 election
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 03:06:52 +0000
From: Alex Harris [2]<[OIA #2057 email]>
To: OIA requests at Electoral Commission
[3]<[Electoral Commission request email]>

 

Dear Electoral Commission,

 

Section 204I of the Electoral Act empowers the Electoral Commission to provide an advisory opinion on  whether an advertisement constitutes an election advertisement. I would like to request the following information under the OIA:

 

* a list of all advisory opinions sought and given in the past six months.

 

I am aware that s204I(4) and s204I(6) require such advice to be kept confidential until the day after the return of the writ. However, the law only applies to the advice itself and any supporting material, not to the fact that a request for advice has been made or that advice has been given. If the Commission disagrees, then I am happy for a response to this request to be delayed until the day after the return of the writ (which is well within the statutory OIA timeframe anyway).

 

I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about this request will be automatically forwarded to me by the fyi.org.nz website.

 

With regards to s12 of the OIA, I am an NZ citizen and in NZ.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Alex Harris

 

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Dear Alex

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act request for a list of all
advisory opinions sought and given in the past six months.

 

The Commission is currently in the process of compiling a table of
advisories issued for the 2014 General Election and I hope to be in a
position to provide you with this information in the near future.  Could
you please confirm whether you also require a copy of the advisory
opinions issued by the Electoral Commission.  If you require a copy of the
advisories can you please provide a postal address as we will need to send
you a copy of the material on a CD as the data is too large to send by
email.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Natalie McNaught | Senior Advisor Legal | Electoral Commission | Te
Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri  

PO Box 3220 | Level 10, 34-42 Manners Street | Wellington

Phone +64 4 806 3512 | Fax +64 4 495 0031 | [1]http://www.elections.org.nz

 

 

 

 

-------- Forwarded Message --------

Subject: Official Information Act request - List of advisory opinions
given for 2014 election
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 03:06:52 +0000
From: Alex Harris [2]<[OIA #2057 email]>
To: OIA requests at Electoral Commission
[3]<[Electoral Commission request email]>

 

Dear Electoral Commission,

 

Section 204I of the Electoral Act empowers the Electoral Commission to provide an advisory opinion on  whether an advertisement constitutes an election advertisement. I would like to request the following information under the OIA:

 

* a list of all advisory opinions sought and given in the past six months.

 

I am aware that s204I(4) and s204I(6) require such advice to be kept confidential until the day after the return of the writ. However, the law only applies to the advice itself and any supporting material, not to the fact that a request for advice has been made or that advice has been given. If the Commission disagrees, then I am happy for a response to this request to be delayed until the day after the return of the writ (which is well within the statutory OIA timeframe anyway).

 

I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about this request will be automatically forwarded to me by the fyi.org.nz website.

 

With regards to s12 of the OIA, I am an NZ citizen and in NZ.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Alex Harris

 

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Dear Alex

Please find attached a table which lists all of the advisory opinions requested and issued by the Electoral Commission during 2014.

The Electoral Commission has had a statutory duty to provide advisory opinions since 1 January 2011. Since that date the Commission has issued over 1,000 advisory opinions relating to approximately 2,000 separate items of advertising. In view of the large number of advisory opinions the Commission does not intend to publish them on the elections.org website. The Commission is happy to provide copies of advisory opinions issued since 2011 on request.

Kind regards

Natalie McNaught | Senior Advisor Legal | Electoral Commission | Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri
PO Box 3220 | Level 10, 34-42 Manners Street | Wellington
Phone +64 4 806 3512 | Fax +64 4 495 0031 | http://www.elections.org.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Harris [mailto:[OIA #2057 email]]
Sent: Monday, 6 October 2014 12:26 p.m.
To: Natalie McNaught
Subject: RE: Official Information Act request - List of advisory opinions given for 2014 election

Dear Natalie McNaught,

Thanks. I was just after the list, not the opinions themselves. The aim is to enable others to request specific opinions which interest them.

Though if you're compiling the information, have you considered putting it on the web? Proactive release would provide a valuable insight into how the Commission interprets the Electoral Act, and reduce potential future OIA requests.

Yours sincerely,

Alex Harris

-----Original Message-----

Dear Alex

Thank you for your Official Information Act request for a list of all advisory opinions sought and given in the past six months.

The Commission is currently in the process of compiling a table of advisories issued for the 2014 General Election and I hope to be in a position to provide you with this information in the near future. Could you please confirm whether you also require a copy of the advisory opinions issued by the Electoral Commission. If you require a copy of the advisories can you please provide a postal address as we will need to send you a copy of the material on a CD as the data is too large to send by email.

Kind regards

Natalie McNaught | Senior Advisor Legal | Electoral Commission | Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri

PO Box 3220 | Level 10, 34-42 Manners Street | Wellington

Phone +64 4 806 3512 | Fax +64 4 495 0031 | [1]http://www.elections.org.nz

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