New Zealand Constitution Act 1852

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Act of Parliament United Kingdom statute constitutional law

The New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 was an Act of the British Parliament that established representative government in New Zealand by creating its provincial governments and General Assembly.

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Label	Occurrences
New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 canonical	10
New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 (UK)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament ⓘ United Kingdom statute ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ
amendedBy	New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947 ⓘ surface form: New Zealand Constitution Amendment (Request and Consent) Act 1947 New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1857 ⓘ
appliesTo	Colony of New Zealand ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1853 ⓘ
category	1852 in New Zealand law ⓘ Constitution of New Zealand ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBody	New Zealand Legislative Council ⓘ surface form: General Assembly of New Zealand New Zealand House of Representatives ⓘ surface form: House of Representatives of New Zealand New Zealand Legislative Council ⓘ surface form: Legislative Council of New Zealand Provincial Councils of New Zealand ⓘ Superintendents of New Zealand provinces ⓘ
definedAs	the principal constitutional instrument for New Zealand in the 19th century ⓘ
enactedBy	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
granted	representative institutions to the Colony of New Zealand ⓘ
grantedPowerTo	New Zealand Parliament ⓘ surface form: General Assembly of New Zealand Provincial Councils of New Zealand ⓘ
historicalPeriod	colonial era of New Zealand ⓘ
influenced	later New Zealand constitutional developments ⓘ
influencedBy	British colonial constitutional practice ⓘ
jurisdiction	New Zealand ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
limitedBy	authority of the British Parliament ⓘ
limitedFranchise	property-owning males ⓘ
longTitle	An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand ⓘ
predecessor	New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 ⓘ
providedFor	a bicameral General Assembly ⓘ an appointed Legislative Council ⓘ an elected House of Representatives ⓘ division of New Zealand into provinces ⓘ provincial legislatures ⓘ
purpose	to create a General Assembly for New Zealand ⓘ to establish provincial governments in New Zealand ⓘ to establish representative government in New Zealand ⓘ
relatedTo	development of responsible government in New Zealand ⓘ
repealDate	1986 ⓘ
repealedBy	Constitution Act 1986 ⓘ
royalAssent	1852-06-30 ⓘ
shortTitle	New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 self-link ⓘ
status	repealed ⓘ
subjectMatter	constitutional structure of New Zealand ⓘ legislative powers in New Zealand ⓘ provincial government in New Zealand ⓘ
typeOfLaw	public law ⓘ
yearEnacted	1852 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947 → relatedTo → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ

Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General of New Zealand 1983 → linkedTo → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ

Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) → replaced → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 (UK)

New Zealand Legislative Council → establishedBy → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ

New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 → shortTitle → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 self-link ⓘ

British colonisation of New Zealand → keyEvent → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ

British colonisation of New Zealand → legalBasis → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ

Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General of New Zealand 1917 → relatedTo → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ

Constitution Act 1986 → repealedAct → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ

New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 → repealedBy → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ

New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 → followedBy → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ