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Make It 16 Incorporated v Attorney-General
Make It 16 Incorporated v Attorney-General
Court	Supreme Court of New Zealand
Decided	21 November 2022
Citation	[2022] NZSC 134.
Case history
Prior actions	[2021] NZCA 681.; [2020] NZHC 2630.
Court membership
Judges sitting	Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, O'Regan, France and Kós JJ
Case opinions
	appeal allowed; declarations granted; (per Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, O'Regan and France JJ); dissent; (Kós J)
Keywords
	Voting age, Electoral law, New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990

Local Electoral Act 2001
Local Electoral Act 2001
New Zealand Parliament
Assented to	29 May 2001
Commenced	1 July 2001
Legislative history
Introduced by	Sandra Lee-Vercoe
First reading	13 December 2000
Second reading	15 May 2001
Committee of the whole	17, 22, 23 May 2001
Third reading	23 May 2001
Related legislation
	Local Government Act 2002; Electoral Act 1993
	Status: In force

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| short_title    = Local Electoral Act 2001
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| date_assented  = 29 May 2001
| date_commenced = 1 July 2001
| introduced_by  = [[Sandra Lee-Vercoe]]
| 1st_reading    = 13 December 2000
| 2nd_reading    = 15 May 2001
| committee_whole = 17, 22, 23 May 2001
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| related        = [[Local Government Act 2002]]<br/>[[Electoral Act 1993]]
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| image = Coat of arms of New Zealand.svg
}}

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{{Infobox court case
| name = Make It 16 Incorporated v Attorney-General
| court = [[Supreme Court of New Zealand]]
| date_filed = 
| image = Coat of arms of New Zealand.svg
| date decided = 21 November 2022
| full name = 
| citations = {{Cite NZLII|year=2022|court=NZSC|num=134}}
| judges = [[Helen Winkelmann|Winkelmann]] CJ, [[Susan Glazebrook|Glazebrook]], [[Mark O'Regan|O'Regan]], [[Ellen France|France]] and [[Stephen Kós|Kós]] JJ
| prior actions = {{Cite NZLII|year=2021|court=NZCA|num=681}}<br />{{Cite NZLII|year=2020|court=NZHC|num=2630}}
| subsequent actions = 
| opinions = '''appeal allowed; declarations granted'''<br /><small>(per Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, O'Regan and France JJ)</small><br />'''dissent'''<br /> <small>(Kós J)</small>
| Keywords = [[Voting age]], [[Electoral law]], [[New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990]]
|italic title=no
}}

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