Existing law to apply as if Cyprus had not become a Republic

Application of law to Cyprus between date of establishment of Republic and commencement of this Act

Act in force in Cook Islands, Tokelau Islands, and Western Samoa

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Republic of Cyprus Act 1961

Public Act		1961 No 14
Date of assent		18 October 1961

	Title
	Preamble
1	Short Title and commencement
2	Existing law to apply as if Cyprus had not become a Republic
3	Application of law to Cyprus between date of establishment of Republic and commencement of this Act
4	Application of Act
5	Act in force in Cook Islands, Tokelau Islands, and Western Samoa
	Administrative information

An Act to make provision as to the operation of the law in relation to Cyprus, and persons and things in any way belonging to or connected with Cyprus, in view of Cyprus’s having become an independent sovereign Republic, and of the Republic of Cyprus having later become a member of the Commonwealth

WHEREAS on the sixteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and sixty, Cyprus became an independent sovereign Republic: And whereas on the thirteenth day of March, nineteen hundred and sixty-one, the Republic of Cyprus became a member of the Commonwealth:

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title and commencement

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Republic of Cyprus Act 1961.

(2)

This Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the thirteenth day of March, nineteen hundred and sixty-one.

2 Existing law to apply as if Cyprus had not become a Republic

All existing law—that is to say, all law which, whether it is a rule of law or a provision of an Act of any Parliament or a provision of any other enactment or instrument whatsoever, has come into force or been passed or made before the commencement of this Act—shall, until provision to the contrary is made by the authority having power to alter that law, have the same operation in relation to Cyprus, and to persons and things in any way belonging to or connected with Cyprus, as it would have had if Cyprus had not become a Republic.

3 Application of law to Cyprus between date of establishment of Republic and commencement of this Act

During the period that commenced with the sixteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and sixty, and ended with the commencement of this Act, all law—that is to say, all law which, whether it was a rule of law or a provision of an Act of any Parliament or a provision of any other enactment or instrument whatsoever, was for the time being in force—shall be deemed to have had the same operation in relation to Cyprus, and to persons and things in any way belonging to or connected with Cyprus, as it would have had if Cyprus had not become a Republic and had been a member of the Commonwealth.

4 Application of Act

Sections 2 and 3 of this Act extend to law of, or of any part of, New Zealand or any of the territories referred to in section 5 of this Act.

5 Act in force in Cook Islands, Tokelau Islands, and Western Samoa

(1)

This Act shall be in force in the following territories:

(a)

The Cook Islands:

(b)

The Tokelau Islands:

(c)

Western Samoa.

(2)

The Cook Islands Amendment Act 1957 is hereby amended by adding to the First Schedule the following words:

“1961, No. 14—

The Republic of Cyprus Act 1961 | The whole Act.”

(3)

The Samoa Amendment Act 1957 is hereby amended by adding to the Second Schedule the following words:

“1961, No. 14—

The Republic of Cyprus Act 1961 | The whole Act.”

This Act is administered in the Department of External Affairs.

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