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Citizenship Act 1977

Miscellaneous provisions

29: Application of Act to Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau

You could also call this:

"This law applies to the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau, and is part of their laws."

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This Act applies to the Cook Islands because their government asked for it. The Cook Islands government agreed to have all the rules in this Act as part of their law. The rules in this Act are now part of the law in the Cook Islands.

You can find changes to this Act in the Act(s). This Act also applies to Niue and Tokelau. The rules in this Act are in force in Tokelau, which means they are being used there.

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Part 2Miscellaneous provisions

29Application of Act to Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau

  1. Whereas in accordance with Article 46 of the Constitution of the Cook Islands (as set out in Schedule 2 of the Cook Islands Constitution Amendment Act 1965) the Government of the Cook Islands has requested and consented to the enactment of a provision extending all of the provisions of this Act to the Cook Islands as part of the law of the Cook Islands:

    Be it therefore enacted as follows:

    The provisions of this Act shall extend to the Cook Islands as part of the law of the Cook Islands.

  2. Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

  3. The provisions of this Act shall be in force in Tokelau.