Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand)

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New Zealand statute constitutional law

The Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) is a fundamental statute that modernised and consolidated New Zealand’s constitutional framework, defining the roles of key institutions such as the Sovereign, Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Constitution Act 1986 7
New Zealand Constitution Act 1986 6
Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) canonical 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New Zealand statute ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
affirms continuity of the Crown in New Zealand ⓘ
existence of the House of Representatives ⓘ
principle of judicial independence ⓘ
appliesTo New Zealand government ⓘ
surface form: central government of New Zealand
citationJurisdiction New Zealand law ⓘ
containsPart The Executive ⓘ
The Judiciary ⓘ
The Legislature ⓘ
His Majesty ⓘ
surface form: The Sovereign
country New Zealand ⓘ
definesRoleOf Executive ⓘ
Judiciary ⓘ
Legislature ⓘ
King of New Zealand ⓘ
surface form: Sovereign of New Zealand
formsPartOf New Zealand’s unwritten constitution ⓘ
governs distribution of public powers in New Zealand ⓘ
structure of New Zealand government ⓘ
jurisdiction New Zealand ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legislature New Zealand Parliament ⓘ
partOf Constitution of New Zealand ⓘ
provides framework for appointment of Ministers and members of Executive Council ⓘ
framework for exercise of royal powers in New Zealand ⓘ
legal basis for executive authority in New Zealand ⓘ
purpose consolidate New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements ⓘ
modernise New Zealand’s constitutional framework ⓘ
recognises Governor-General as representative of the Sovereign in New Zealand ⓘ
New Zealand as a sovereign and independent state ⓘ
regulates New Zealand Parliament ⓘ
surface form: House of Representatives of New Zealand

New Zealand Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of New Zealand

appointment of Ministers of the Crown ⓘ
New Zealand government ⓘ
surface form: executive government of New Zealand

judicial independence ⓘ
relationship between Sovereign and Parliament ⓘ
replaced New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ
surface form: New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 (UK)
shortTitle Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Constitution Act 1986
specifies oath of allegiance for Members of Parliament ⓘ
procedures for dissolution of Parliament ⓘ
procedures for summoning Parliament ⓘ
qualifications for membership of House of Representatives ⓘ
term of Parliament ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
typeOfConstitutionalInstrument unentrenched statute ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

King of New Zealand → constitutionalDocuments → Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ
Crown in right of New Zealand → constitutionalSource → Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution Act 1986
New Zealand Parliament → basisOfAuthority → Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Zealand Constitution Act 1986
Queen of New Zealand → roleIn → Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of New Zealand
New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947 → relatedTo → Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Zealand Constitution Act 1986
Governor-General of New Zealand → constitutingInstrument → Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution Act 1986
Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General of New Zealand 1983 → linkedTo → Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution Act 1986
Chief Justice of New Zealand → constitutingInstrument → Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution Act 1986
Te Kōti Mana Nui → interprets → Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Zealand Constitution Act 1986
High Court of New Zealand → authorizedBy → Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution Act 1986
Government House, Auckland → associatedWith → Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of New Zealand
Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) → shortTitle → Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution Act 1986
Court of Appeal of New Zealand → subjectTo → Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Zealand Constitution Act 1986
New Zealand government → constitutionalInstruments → Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution Act 1986
New Zealand general elections → legalBasis → Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Zealand Constitution Act 1986
Kāwana-Tianara o Aotearoa → constitutingInstrument → Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Zealand Constitution Act 1986
The Executive → legalBasis → Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ
subject surface form: The Executive (New Zealand)
Executive Councillor → legalBasis → Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ