Royal Charter of 1840

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constitutional document royal charter

The Royal Charter of 1840 was the British Crown instrument that formally established New Zealand as a separate colony with its own government following the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.

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Label	Occurrences
Royal Charter of 1840 canonical	1
Royal Charter of 1840–1841	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional document ⓘ royal charter ⓘ
appliesTo	British sovereignty in New Zealand ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	1840 in British law ⓘ 1840 in New Zealand law ⓘ
constitutionalRole	foundational document of colonial government in New Zealand ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
date	1840 ⓘ
effect	created the Colony of New Zealand ⓘ provided for a Governor of New Zealand ⓘ provided for a Legislative Council in New Zealand ⓘ provided for an Executive Council in New Zealand ⓘ separated New Zealand from the Colony of New South Wales ⓘ
follows	Letters Patent of 1839 ⓘ Treaty of Waitangi NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentTypeEstablished	Crown colony government ⓘ
historicalPeriod	British colonial era in New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
issuedBy	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Colony of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Treaty of Waitangi NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus	instrument of the British imperial constitution for New Zealand ⓘ
partOf	New Zealand constitutional history ⓘ
purpose	to establish New Zealand as a separate British colony ⓘ to provide for a separate government for New Zealand ⓘ
recognized	New Zealand as a distinct colony from New South Wales ⓘ
relatedTo	Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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British colonisation of New Zealand → legalBasis → Royal Charter of 1840 ⓘ

Colony of New Zealand → foundingLegalInstrument → Royal Charter of 1840 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Charter of 1840–1841