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New Zealand contract law was initially derived from the English model. Since 1969, however, a series of Acts of Parliament altered this, and New Zealand contract law is now 'largely... distinct from other jurisdictions'. [24] The main distinction of New Zealand contract law is the wide discretionary power given to courts in granting relief.
List of statutes of New Zealand (1928–1931) 3 years 4: United–Reform coalition: List of statutes of New Zealand (1931–1935) 4 years 5: First Labour: List of statutes of New Zealand (1935–1949) 14 years 6: First National: List of statutes of New Zealand (1949–1957) 8 years 7: Second Labour: List of statutes of New Zealand (1957–1960 ...
The Laws of New Zealand is an encyclopedia that is intended to provide a reliable statement of the whole law of New Zealand – statutory, regulatory, and judicial. Publication commenced in 1992. It is published by LexisNexis and is the only current encyclopaedia of New Zealand law. It is the New Zealand equivalent of Halsbury's Laws of England.
Under the Act, the New Zealand Parliament could pass laws inconsistent with British statutes or the common law, so long as the Imperial statute was not specifically applicable to New Zealand. Where this occurred, the New Zealand statute would be void.
National Parks Act 1980 (New Zealand) New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990; New Zealand Day Act 1973; New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987; New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006; Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998; Niue Constitution Act; Nurses Registration Act 1901
The first enactment of the New Zealand parliament (General Assembly), created by the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, was the English Laws Act 1854, which established the applicability of all English laws in effect 14 January 1840, to New Zealand. The New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 was never implemented and was suspended.
The Imperial Laws Application Act 1988 is an important part of New Zealand's uncodified constitution.The Act applies certain enactments of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors, rulings of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and English common law into New Zealand law.
This is a list of statutes of New Zealand for the 52nd New Zealand Parliament (7 November 2017 to 6 September 2020), the first parliament of the Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand (2017–2023). This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .