Electoral Commission decision 2008-06, Green Party, billboard non-compliant promoter statements
Dated: 12 June 2008
Decision Number: 2008-06 Subject:
Billboard displayed on the corner of Old Hutt Road and Ngaio
Gorge Road, Wellington, promoting the Green Party
Findings
and Determination: The promoter statement on a billboard in
Wellington promoting the Green Party did not contain the
correct address but the offence is so inconsequential to the
public interest that the matter will not be reported to the
Police.
Contravention of sections 63(2)(a) and 65(1)(b) of
the Electoral Finance Act 2007, by failure to display the
residential address of the promoter, amounting to offences
under sections 63(4) and 65(4) of the Act. For the purposes
of section 70 the offence is so inconsequential there is no
public interest in reporting the facts to the Police.
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