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Imperial Laws Application Act 1988

3: Application of Imperial enactments and Imperial subordinate legislation as part of laws of New Zealand

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"Old UK laws are still part of New Zealand's laws"

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The Imperial enactments listed in Schedule 1, and the Imperial subordinate legislation listed in Schedule 2, are part of the laws of New Zealand. You can find these lists in the links to Schedule 1 and Schedule 2. These laws have the same effect as they did before this Act started. The Accession Declaration Act 1910 from the UK came into force in New Zealand on 3 August 1910. This is when it received the Royal assent. You can find more information about the Accession Declaration Act 1910 on the legislation.govt.nz website. Some Imperial subordinate legislation can be amended or revoked. This means it can be changed or stopped from being a law. The Governor-General can make changes to Schedule 2 if any Imperial subordinate legislation is revoked or stopped from being a law. You can find more information about publication requirements in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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3Application of Imperial enactments and Imperial subordinate legislation as part of laws of New Zealand

  1. The Imperial enactments listed in Schedule 1, and the Imperial subordinate legislation listed in Schedule 2, are hereby declared to be part of the laws of New Zealand.

  2. After the commencement of this Act, every provision of the Imperial enactments and Imperial subordinate legislation referred to in subsection (1) shall have the same effect as part of the laws of New Zealand as it had immediately before the commencement of this Act.

  3. Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2), it is hereby declared that the Accession Declaration Act 1910 (UK) came into force in New Zealand on 3 August 1910 (being the date on which it received the Royal assent).

  4. Repealed

  5. Subject to section 6, the declaration, by subsection (1), that the Imperial subordinate legislation listed in Schedule 2 is part of the laws of New Zealand is without prejudice to any power to amend or revoke that Imperial subordinate legislation, or to declare that it shall cease to have effect as part of the laws of New Zealand.

  6. Where—

  7. any Imperial subordinate legislation listed in Schedule 2 is revoked; or
    1. it is declared that any such Imperial subordinate legislation shall cease to have effect as part of the laws of New Zealand,—
        1. the Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make such consequential amendments to that schedule as may be necessary to give effect to that revocation or declaration.

      1. An order under subsection (6) is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

      Notes
      • Section 3(4): repealed, on , by section 37 of the Interpretation Act 1999 (1999 No 85).
      • Section 3(7): replaced, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).