New Zealand Acts

IMPERIAL LAWS APPLICATION ACT 1988 - SECT 3

3 Application 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).

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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—

a) any Imperial subordinate legislation listed in Schedule 2 is revoked; or

b) it is declared that any such Imperial subordinate legislation shall cease to have effect as part of the laws of New Zealand,—

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.

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

History: Section 3(4): repealed, on 1 November 1999, by section 37 of the Interpretation Act 1999 (1999 No 85).   Section 3(7): replaced, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).