Constitution Act 1986

29 Transitional and consequential provisions relating to Parliament

• (1) The Parliament in being at the commencement of this Act (before the commencement of this Act called the General Assembly) shall continue in accordance with and subject to the provisions of this Act.

  (2) As from the commencement of this Act, every reference to the General Assembly or to the General Assembly of New Zealand in any enactment passed before the date of commencement of this Act and in any document executed before that date shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to the Parliament of New Zealand.

  (3) Subsection (2) shall not apply in respect of the Acts Interpretation Act 1924.