New Zealand Constitution Act 1852

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament ⓘ
United Kingdom statute ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
amendedBy 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 General Assembly of New Zealand ⓘ
House of Representatives of New Zealand ⓘ
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 Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
granted representative institutions to the Colony of New Zealand ⓘ
grantedPowerTo 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 ⓘ
status repealed ⓘ
subjectMatter constitutional structure of New Zealand ⓘ
legislative powers in New Zealand ⓘ
provincial government in New Zealand ⓘ
typeOfLaw public law ⓘ
yearEnacted 1852 ⓘ

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New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947 → relatedTo → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ
Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) → replaced → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 (UK) ⓘ
linked to: New Zealand Constitution Act 1852
New Zealand Legislative Council → establishedBy → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ
New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 → shortTitle → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ
British colonisation of New Zealand → keyEvent → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ
British colonisation of New Zealand → legalBasis → 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 ⓘ
Provincial Councils of New Zealand → legalBasis → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ
New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1857 → follows → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ
New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1857 → amends → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ
Royal Instructions to the Governor-General of New Zealand → relatedTo → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ
New Zealand Settlements Act 1863 → relatedInstrument → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ
Royal Charter of 1840 → relatedTo → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ
Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand → endedBecauseOf → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ
Otago Provincial Council → operatedUnder → New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ