Vote: Electoral Finance Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee 
Vote: Electoral Finance Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee 
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A party vote was called for on the question  
That the amendments be agreed to. 
Ayes 65 
New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; Green Party 6; United Future 2; Progressive 1. 
Noes 56 
New Zealand National 48; Maori Party 4; ACT New Zealand 2; Independents: Copeland; Field. 
Amendments agreed to. 
The question was put that the following amendment in the name of the Hon Annette King to Part 2 be agreed to: 
to add the following new subpart: 
Subpart 9—Indexation of amount 
117AAmounts may be increased by Order in Council triennially 
(1)The Governor-General may by Order in Council in the manner provided in subsection (2) amend any of the following provisions by increasing the amounts specified in those provisions: 
(a)section 53(2)(d) (which relates to the maximum expenses that can be incurred by a promoter described in that provision): 
(b)section 62 (which relates to the maximum amount of a candidate’s election expenses): 
(c)section 103 (which relates to the maximum amount of a third party’s election expenses): 
(d)section 103 (which relates to the maximum amount of a third party’s election expenses). 
(2)An Order in Council made under this section may be made only once between one general election and the following general election and— 
(a)in the case of the first Order in Council must come into force on 1 October 2010 and must reflect any percentage increase between the CPI for the quarter ending with 31 December 2007 and the CPI for the quarter ending with 30 June 2010 but— 
(i)in the case of the amount specified in section 53(2)(d) rounded up to the next whole hundred dollars; and 
(ii)in the case of the other amounts rounded up to the next whole thousand dollars: 
(b)in the case of each subsequent Order in Council must come into force on 1 October in the year before Parliament is due to expire and must reflect any percentage increase between the CPI for the quarter ending with 30 June in the year in which the previous Order in Council was made under this section and the CPI for the quarter ending with 30 June in the year in which the new Order in Council is made but— 
(i)in the case of the amount specified in section 53(2)(d) rounded up to the next whole hundred dollars; and 
(ii)in the case of the other amounts rounded up to the next whole thousand dollars: 
(3)Despite subsection (2) if an Order in Council is due to come into force on a 1 October that occurs during the regulated period (for example if there is an early general election in the year before Parliament is due to expire) the Order in Council comes into force on the expiry of the regulated period. 
(4)In this section CPI means the consumers price index-all groups published by Statistics New Zealand. 
117BStatus of Order in Council made under section117A 
(1)Every Order in Council made under section 117A and laid before the House of Representatives under the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989 expires on the close of the period of 12 months commencing with the date on which it was so laid unless it is validated and confirmed by an Act of Parliament passed before that date. 
(2)Every Order in Council made under section 117A has the force of law as if it was enacted by this Act. 
(3)The validity of any Order in Council made under section 117A is not affected by reason only of the repeal of an Act of Parliament validating and confirming it.