New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947

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The New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947 was a key statute by which the United Kingdom granted New Zealand full power to amend its own constitution, marking an important step in the country’s legislative independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
constitutional statute ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction New Zealand ⓘ
category Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning the Commonwealth ⓘ
United Kingdom Acts concerning New Zealand ⓘ
constitutionalSignificance marked an important step in New Zealand’s legislative independence from the United Kingdom ⓘ
removed the need for the United Kingdom Parliament to legislate for changes to New Zealand’s constitutional structure ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
enabled New Zealand Parliament to abolish the Legislative Council ⓘ
New Zealand Parliament to comprehensively reform its constitutional arrangements ⓘ
governingPrinciple parliamentary sovereignty of the New Zealand Parliament over its constitution ⓘ
historicalContext enacted in the post‑Statute of Westminster era of decolonisation ⓘ
influenced development of New Zealand’s status as a fully sovereign state ⓘ
isPartOf constitutional law of New Zealand ⓘ
constitutional law of the United Kingdom ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect conferred full legislative competence on the New Zealand Parliament over its constitution ⓘ
enabled New Zealand to amend or repeal provisions of the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 previously reserved to the UK Parliament ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
precondition followed New Zealand’s adoption of the Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ
purpose to grant the Parliament of New Zealand full power to amend the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ
to remove remaining restrictions on New Zealand’s power to amend its own constitution ⓘ
relatedTo New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 ⓘ
New Zealand Constitution Act 1986 ⓘ
Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ
Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947 (New Zealand) ⓘ
shortTitle New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947 ⓘ
statusInNewZealandLaw formed part of New Zealand’s constitutional framework until superseded by later legislation ⓘ
subjectMatter distribution of constitutional amendment powers ⓘ
legislative independence of New Zealand ⓘ
territorialExtent New Zealand ⓘ
typeOfChange transfer of residual constitutional amendment powers from the UK Parliament to the New Zealand Parliament ⓘ
yearEnacted 1947 ⓘ

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Statute of Westminster 1931 → relatedTo → New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947 ⓘ
New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947 → shortTitle → New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947 ⓘ
New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 → amendedBy → New Zealand Constitution Amendment (Request and Consent) Act 1947 ⓘ
linked to: New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947
Constitution Act 1986 → repealedAct → New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947 ⓘ
Legislative Council Abolition Act 1950 → precededBy → New Zealand Constitution Amendment (Request and Consent) Act 1947 ⓘ
linked to: New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947