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Status of the Constitution

New Zealand
  • English
    This Act shall bind the Crown. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 3)

Status of the Constitution

New Zealand
  • English
    No court shall, in relation to any enactment (whether passed or made before or after the commencement of this Bill of Rights),—
    (a) hold any provision of the enactment to be impliedly repealed or revoked, or to be in any way invalid or ineffective; or
    (b) decline to apply any provision of the enactment—by reason only that the provision is inconsistent with any provision of this Bill of Rights. (Bill of Rights Act 1990, Sec. 4)

Status of the Constitution

New Zealand
  • English

    (1) As from the commencement of this Act the following enactments of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, namely,—
    (a) the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 (15 and 16 Vict, c 72); and
    (b) the Statute of Westminster 1931 (22 Geo V, c 4); and
    (c) the New Zealand Constitution (Amendment) Act 1947 (11 Geo VI, c 4),—
    shall cease to have effect as part of the law of New Zealand.
    … (Constitution Act 1986, Sec. 26)