Constitution Act 1986

15 Power of Parliament to make laws

  • (1) The Parliament of New Zealand continues to have full power to make laws.

    (2) No Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed after the commencement of this Act shall extend to New Zealand as part of its law.

    Compare: 1973 No 114 s 2; New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 s 53 (UK); Canada Act 1982 s 2 (UK); Australia Act 1986 s 1 (Commonwealth)