New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 17 May 2005
| Public Act | 1986 No 114 |
| Date of assent | 13 December 1986 |
| Commencement | see section 1(2) |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
1 Short Title and commencement
3 Exercise of royal powers by the Sovereign or the Governor-General
3A Advice and consent of Executive Council
3B Exercise of powers and duties by Administrator
6 Ministers of Crown to be members of Parliament
7 Power of member of Executive Council to exercise Minister's powers
8 Appointment of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries
9 Functions of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries
9A Solicitor-General may perform functions of Attorney-General
9B Appointment of person to act in place of Solicitor-General
9C Delegation of powers of Attorney-General and Solicitor-General
11 Oath of allegiance to be taken by members of Parliament
13 Speaker to continue in office notwithstanding dissolution or expiration of Parliament
15 Power of Parliament to make laws
18 Summoning, proroguing, and dissolution of Parliament
19 First meeting of Parliament after general election
20 Lapse or reinstatement of parliamentary business
21 Bills appropriating public money [Repealed]
22 Parliamentary control of public finance
23 Protection of Judges against removal from office
24 Salaries of Judges not to be reduced
Part 5
Miscellaneous provisions
25 General Assembly Library to be known as the Parliamentary Library
26 United Kingdom enactments ceasing to have effect as part of the law of New Zealand
27 Consequential amendments to other enactments
29 Transitional and consequential provisions relating to Parliament
An Act to reform the constitutional law of New Zealand, to bring together into one enactment certain provisions of constitutional significance, and to provide that the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom shall cease to have effect as part of the law of New Zealand
