New Zealand Executive Council

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executive council government body

The New Zealand Executive Council is the formal body of ministers that advises the Governor-General and gives legal effect to decisions of the New Zealand government.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Executive Council of New Zealand	17
New Zealand Executive Council canonical	3
New Zealand Cabinet	2
Colonial Executive Council of New Zealand	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive council ⓘ government body ⓘ
advises	Governor-General of New Zealand ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	New Zealand Executive Council ⓘ surface form: Executive Council of New Zealand
branch	executive branch of New Zealand ⓘ
composedOf	Governor-General of New Zealand ⓘ ministers of the Crown ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution Act 1986 ⓘ Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General of New Zealand 1983 ⓘ surface form: Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General of New Zealand
constitutionalRole	formal mechanism through which the Crown acts on ministerial advice in New Zealand ⓘ
continuity	continues in office despite changes of government ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
established	19th century ⓘ
function	formally approves certain government decisions ⓘ formally approves certain statutory appointments ⓘ formally approves regulations ⓘ issues Orders in Council ⓘ provides formal legal authority for Cabinet decisions ⓘ
headedBy	Governor-General of New Zealand ⓘ
historicalOrigin	derived from the British Privy Council model ⓘ
jurisdiction	New Zealand ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Māori ⓘ
legalEffect	gives force of law to certain regulations and decisions ⓘ
legalInstrumentUsed	Order in Council ⓘ
legalStatus	body corporate ⓘ
meetsAt	Government House, Wellington ⓘ Wellington ⓘ
meetsFrequency	regularly, usually weekly when Parliament is in session ⓘ
membershipRequirement	members are appointed by the Governor-General ⓘ members must be ministers of the Crown ⓘ members must take the Executive Councillor’s oath ⓘ
memberTitle	Executive Councillor ⓘ
oath	Executive Councillor’s oath of allegiance and office ⓘ
overseenBy	Clerk of the Executive Council ⓘ
partOf	New Zealand government ⓘ surface form: Government of New Zealand
predecessor	New Zealand Executive Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Colonial Executive Council of New Zealand
presidingOfficerTitle	Governor-General ⓘ
publishes	Orders in Council in the New Zealand Gazette ⓘ
records	minutes of Executive Council meetings ⓘ
relatedBody	Cabinet of New Zealand ⓘ New Zealand Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of New Zealand
relationship	distinct from but closely related to the Cabinet of New Zealand ⓘ
role	formally advises the Governor-General ⓘ gives legal effect to decisions of the New Zealand Government ⓘ
supportsBody	Cabinet Office (Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, New Zealand) ⓘ
typeOfDecision	statutory instruments ⓘ subordinate legislation ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Crown in right of New Zealand → exercisesPowerThrough → New Zealand Executive Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Zealand Cabinet

Crown in right of New Zealand → actsOnAdviceOf → New Zealand Executive Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Zealand Cabinet

Governor-General of New Zealand → memberOf → New Zealand Executive Council ⓘ