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Parliamentary privilege - Parliamentary privilege: purpose, content, status, and recognition

15: Content of privileges, immunities, and powers of House of Representatives

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You will have the same privileges, immunities, and powers as the House of Commons of Great Britain and Ireland had on 1 January 1865. This includes things that were done by custom, practice, rules, statute, or common law. These privileges must not go against the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852. You can exercise these privileges if they were allowed on 1 January 1865 and do not contradict the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852. This Act was in force on 26 September 1865 when the Parliamentary Privileges Act 1865 started. The privileges, immunities, and powers are for the House of Representatives, its committees, and its members.

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Parliamentary privilege: purpose, content, status, and recognition

15Content of privileges, immunities, and powers of House of Representatives

  1. The privileges, immunities, and powers exercisable by the House of Representatives, its committees, and its members are every privilege, immunity, or power that—

  2. was exercisable on 1 January 1865 (whether by parliamentary custom or practice and rules, statute, or common law) by the House of Commons of Great Britain and Ireland, its committees, or its members; and
    1. is not inconsistent with, or repugnant to, the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as in force on 26 September 1865 (which is the date on which the Parliamentary Privileges Act 1865 came into force).