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The Constitution Act 1986[1] is an Act of the New Zealand Parliament that forms a major part of the constitution of New Zealand. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles of governance, and establishes the powers of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of state. It outlines the roles and duties of the ...
The Imperial Parliament (Westminster) passed the first New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 empowering the government in New Zealand in 1846. The Act was to be fully implemented in 1848, but was never put in place because the governor-in-chief at the time, Sir George Grey, declined to apply it for a number of reasons.
The British Parliament consented to the request by passing the New Zealand Constitution (Amendment) Act 1947. The British Act was granted royal assent on 10 December 1947. [4] The Legislative Council was abolished in 1951. In the 1980s, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand severed their last remaining legislative links to the United Kingdom.
The New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. 72) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that granted self-government to the Colony of New Zealand. It was the second such Act, the previous 1846 Act not having been fully implemented. [1] The purpose of the Act was to have constitutional independence from Britain. [2]
The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (sometimes known by its acronym, NZBORA or simply BORA) is a statute of the Parliament of New Zealand part of New Zealand's uncodified constitution [1] that sets out the rights and fundamental freedoms of anyone subject to New Zealand law as a bill of rights, [2] and imposes a legal requirement on the attorney-general to provide a report to parliament ...
The Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947 (Public Act no. 38 of 1947) [2] was a constitutional Act of the New Zealand Parliament that formally accepted the full external autonomy offered by the British Parliament. By passing the Act on 25 November 1947, New Zealand adopted the Statute of Westminster 1931, an Act of the British Parliament ...
t. e. The Cabinet Manual (previously the Cabinet Office Manual until 2001 [1]) is a government document in New Zealand which outlines the main laws, rules and constitutional conventions affecting the operation of the New Zealand Government. It has been described as providing "comprehensive, cohesive and clear advice on a number of key aspects ...
In 1853, only 12 years after the founding of the colony, the British Parliament passed the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, granting the colony's settlers the right to self-governance. New Zealand was, therefore, to all intents and purposes independent in domestic matters from its earliest days as a British colony.