Pursuant to section 77(2) of the Electoral Act 1993, the Minister of Justice gives the following notice.
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1. Title-This notice may be cited as the Maori Option Notice 2013.
2. Commencement-This notice comes into force on the day after the date of its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.
3. Period for exercise of Maori option-The period of four months during which, in 2013, any Maori may exercise the option given by section 76(1) of the Electoral Act 1993, is the period beginning on 25 March 2013 and ending with the close of 24 July 2013.
Dated at Wellington this 11th day of February 2013.
HON JUDITH COLLINS, Minister of Justice.