Labour Party Constitution and Rules.pdf - Elections New Zealand

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New Zealand Labour Party Constitution and Rules Incorporating changes made at Annual Conference November 2012 CONTENTS PAGE NAME _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 PRINCIPLES _________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 OBJECTIVES _________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 POLICY _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 MEMBERSHIP _______________________________________________________________________________________ 1,2 LIFE MEMBERSHIP ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2 ORGANISATION ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2 BRANCHES __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2,3 BRANCH RULES _______________________________________________________________________________________ 4 Branch Name ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 Branch Functions and Objectives _______________________________________________________________________________________ 4 Branch Organisation _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 Branch Admissions to Membership ______________________________________________________________________________________ 4 Branch Transfers____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 Branch Membership Fees _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 Branch Officers _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 Branch Officer Vacancies _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 Branch Meetings ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 Branch Meeting Quorum ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 Winding Up of a Branch ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 AFFILIATES _________________________________________________________________________________________ 5,6 LABOUR ELECTORATE COMMITTEES (LECs) _________________________________________________________________ 6 LEC Name _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 LEC Membership ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 LEC organisation __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6,7 LEC Officers _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7 LEC Executive ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7 LEC Vacancies ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7 LEC Meetings ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7,8 LEC Annual Meetings ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 Joint Meetings of LECs _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 LEC Quorum _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9 ACCOUNTABILITY OF LECs, BRANCHES, HUBS AND SECTORS ___________________________________________________ 9 LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES _______________________________________________________________________ 9 Local Body Elections ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 9,10 Affiliation to Other Bodies ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 10 Representation Rights of Elected Members ______________________________________________________________________________ 10 Local Government Sector Council ______________________________________________________________________________________ 10 Allocation of Local Body Election Campaigning Rights ___________________________________________________________________ 10,11 Page: i
HUBS AND LABOUR REGIONAL COUNCILS _________________________________________________________________ 11 Regional Organising Hubs ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 11 Labour Regional Councils' Name ______________________________________________________________________________________ 11 Labour Regional Councils' Objectives ___________________________________________________________________________________ 11 Labour Regional Councils' organisation ______________________________________________________________________________ 11, 12 Labour Regional Councils' Officers _____________________________________________________________________________________ 12 Labour Regional Councils' Executive ___________________________________________________________________________________ 12 Labour Regional Councils' Meetings ____________________________________________________________________________________ 12 Labour Regional Councils' Annual Meeting _______________________________________________________________________________ 13 Labour Regional Councils' Quorum at Meetings ___________________________________________________________________________ 13 Regional Seminars _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13 Regional Conferences _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 13 NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL _______________________________________________________________________________ 13 Membership of New Zealand Council ___________________________________________________________________________________ 13 New Zealand Council Vacancies _______________________________________________________________________________________ 14 New Zealand Council Meetings ________________________________________________________________________________________ 14 New Zealand Council Quorum at meetings ______________________________________________________________________________ 14 New Zealand Council Annual Report ___________________________________________________________________________________ 14 Honorarium and Expenses for New Zealand Council Members _______________________________________________________________ 14 POLICY COUNCIL ____________________________________________________________________________________ 15 Policy Council Election, Accountability and Functions ______________________________________________________________________ 15 Policy Platform _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15, 16 Manifesto ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16 TE KAUNIHERA MAORI, SPECIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND SECTOR COUNCILS _________________________________ 17 ANNUAL CONFERENCE _____________________________________________________________________________ 17, 18 REPRESENTATION ____________________________________________________________________________________ 18 Representation at Annual and Regional Conferences/Congresses __________________________________________________________ 18, 19 Proxies __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 19 Representation at Labour Electorate Committees ______________________________________________________________________ 19, 20 Representation at Labour Local Body Committees_________________________________________________________________________ 20 Representation at Labour Regional Councils _____________________________________________________________________________ 20 ELECTION OF OFFICERS _______________________________________________________________________________ 20 Election of New Zealand Council ______________________________________________________________________________________ 20 Election of Regional Representatives ________________________________________________________________________________ 20, 21 Election of Labour Regional Councils ___________________________________________________________________________________ 21 Election of Labour Electorate Committees _______________________________________________________________________________ 21 Election of Labour Local Body Committees ______________________________________________________________________________ 21 Election of Branch Officers ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 21 PARTY FINANCE _____________________________________________________________________________________ 22 Subscription and Capitation __________________________________________________________________________________________ 22 Finance _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 22, 23 Auditors __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 23 TRUSTEES __________________________________________________________________________________________ 23 Finance and Equipment _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 23 Real Estate _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 23 Page: ii
Page 1: CONSTITUTION and RULES 2013
Page 5 and 6: NAME 1. The name of the Party shall
Page 7 and 8: 15. When ten (10) or more persons d
Page 9 and 10: Branch Meetings 35. The Chairperson
Page 11 and 12: 53. As soon as changes to electorat
Page 13 and 14: LEC Quorum 77. At all of the four (
Page 15 and 16: 108. The New Zealand Council will,
Page 17 and 18: Labour Regional Councils’ Annual
Page 19 and 20: POLICY COUNCIL Policy Council Elect
Page 21 and 22: e) Policy Committees and Sector Cou
Page 23 and 24: For branch-based Labour Electorate
Page 25 and 26: 198. The postal ballot shall be com
Page 27 and 28: 232. No member shall derive any pec
Page 29 and 30: ELECTORATE SELECTION PROCEDURES 253
Page 31 and 32: 274. The Regional Conference shall
Page 33 and 34: d) ensures that there is a spread o
Page 35 and 36: DISPUTES PROCEDURE 316. a) Any seri
Page 37 and 38: g) Financial Report: The officer in
Page 39 and 40: ecommendations made “in committee

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