Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales)

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Act of Parliament New South Wales statute constitutional statute

The Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales) is the principal statute that establishes and regulates the structure, powers, and functioning of the state government and Parliament of New South Wales, Australia.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Constitution of New South Wales	11
Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales) canonical	4
Constitution Act 1902	1
Constitution Act 1902 (NSW)	1
NSW Constitution Act 1902	1
earlier New South Wales Constitution Acts	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T116326 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales)
Context triple: [Parliament of New South Wales, hasConstitutionalBasis, Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales)]

A. Constitution Act, 1867
The Constitution Act, 1867 is the foundational statute that created the Dominion of Canada and established its federal system of government, dividing powers between the federal and provincial levels.
B. Constitutional Act 1791
The Constitutional Act of 1791 was a British law that split the former Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada, establishing separate colonial governments and laying the groundwork for modern Canadian constitutional development.
C. Statute of Westminster 1931
The Statute of Westminster 1931 is a landmark British law that granted full legislative independence to the self-governing Dominions of the British Empire, laying the constitutional foundation for the modern Commonwealth realms and redefining the role of the British monarch within them.
D. Parliament of New South Wales
The Parliament of New South Wales is the bicameral state legislature of New South Wales, Australia, comprising the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council.
E. Quebec Act
The Quebec Act was a 1774 British law that expanded Quebec’s territory, guaranteed free practice of Catholicism, and altered colonial governance in ways that angered American colonists and helped fuel revolutionary sentiment.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales)
Target entity description: The Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales) is the principal statute that establishes and regulates the structure, powers, and functioning of the state government and Parliament of New South Wales, Australia.

A. Constitution Act, 1867
The Constitution Act, 1867 is the foundational statute that created the Dominion of Canada and established its federal system of government, dividing powers between the federal and provincial levels.
B. Constitutional Act 1791
The Constitutional Act of 1791 was a British law that split the former Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada, establishing separate colonial governments and laying the groundwork for modern Canadian constitutional development.
C. Statute of Westminster 1931
The Statute of Westminster 1931 is a landmark British law that granted full legislative independence to the self-governing Dominions of the British Empire, laying the constitutional foundation for the modern Commonwealth realms and redefining the role of the British monarch within them.
D. Parliament of New South Wales
The Parliament of New South Wales is the bicameral state legislature of New South Wales, Australia, comprising the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council.
E. Quebec Act
The Quebec Act was a 1774 British law that expanded Quebec’s territory, guaranteed free practice of Catholicism, and altered colonial governance in ways that angered American colonists and helped fuel revolutionary sentiment.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament ⓘ New South Wales statute ⓘ constitutional statute ⓘ
amendedBy	various Constitution Amendment Acts of New South Wales ⓘ
appliesTo	citizens and residents of New South Wales in relation to state governance ⓘ institutions of the Government of New South Wales ⓘ
consolidated	Constitution Act 1855 (New South Wales) ⓘ subsequent amending Constitution Acts of New South Wales ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
dateEnacted	1902 ⓘ
definesBody	Legislative Assembly of New South Wales ⓘ linked to: New South Wales Legislative Assembly Legislative Council of New South Wales ⓘ linked to: New South Wales Legislative Council
definesOffice	Executive Council of New South Wales ⓘ Governor of New South Wales ⓘ Premier of New South Wales ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of New South Wales ⓘ
establishes	bicameral Parliament of New South Wales ⓘ linked to: Parliament of New South Wales
governsBranch	executive government of New South Wales ⓘ linked to: Government of New South Wales judicial arrangements of New South Wales ⓘ legislative branch of New South Wales ⓘ
hasCitation	NSW Constitution Act 1902 ⓘ linked to: Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales)
jurisdiction	New South Wales ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	principal constitutional statute of New South Wales ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
legislatureRegulated	Parliament of New South Wales ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	state ⓘ
longTitle	An Act to consolidate the Constitution Acts of New South Wales and to provide for the government of the State ⓘ
partOf	constitutional law of New South Wales ⓘ public law of New South Wales ⓘ
primaryFunction	establishes structure of the Government of New South Wales ⓘ regulates functioning of the Government of New South Wales ⓘ regulates powers of the Parliament of New South Wales ⓘ
region	Oceania ⓘ
replaced	earlier New South Wales Constitution Acts ⓘ linked to: Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales)
requires	referendum for certain constitutional amendments ⓘ
shortTitle	Constitution Act 1902 ⓘ linked to: Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales)
state	New South Wales ⓘ
subjectMatter	alteration of the New South Wales Constitution ⓘ appropriation and money bills in New South Wales ⓘ disqualification of members of the New South Wales Parliament ⓘ electoral provisions for the New South Wales Parliament ⓘ powers of the Parliament of New South Wales ⓘ responsible government in New South Wales ⓘ royal assent to New South Wales legislation ⓘ state constitution of New South Wales ⓘ vacation of seats in the New South Wales Parliament ⓘ
typeOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ

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